Day 5

Today we're headed to Zion National Park. After a quick bfast and 2 chocolate chip cookies (to-go) we said see ya later suckass to the Jacob Lake Inn. We drove a couple hours and all of the sudden we were in Utah at Zion. Zion was ahhhhhhhhmazing. soo sooo pretty. We drove through this mile long tunnel through one of the rocks (kinda scary  not gonna lie). We made it to the visitors center where of course we were looking for mugs. And guess what? THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY. Trip ruined. We should just leave. But after some hemming and hawing we decided on which hike to take. We were on a bit of a time crunch so it had to be a quickie (that's what she said). We decided on the Emerald Pools Trail. It was only 1.2 miles round trip (we were being veryyyy lazy). We took the shuttle to the Zion Lodge to get on the trail and before we got off the driver said there were souvenirs and restaurants there (this was our kinda place). We started down the trail (I think we picked the shadiest trail the desert has to offer). It was really pretty walking along. We made it to the "emerald" (brown) pool in no time at all. We were able to walk under the rock and get a waterfall shower. It felt delicious. We skipped on back to the lodge for souvenirs and lunch. Apparently this was where you could purchase fine Zion mugs. After carefully weighing all of our options we decided on these bamf yellow ones. the guy behind us in line caught a glimpse of them and had to get him one too. We asked the cashier where we should go eat and she starts rambling about the soup upstairs. Once we leave the guy behind us starts questioning her about the soup, where to eat, etc. He had to have everything we did. It was rather humorous. We went upstairs to eat and I got half a turkey sandwich and some of this lady's fave chicken noodle soup. It was definitely plain ol soup. I don't know what it is about these people out here but they definitely need to get out and try some better food. We took the shuttle back to the car and we perused around this gallery before we left. The guy's name is Michael Fatali and homeboy takes some insane pictures. They were all so bright and vivid but he loves himself a little too much. He had quotes of things he's said blown up gigantic all around the gallery. Whoaa there bud. Let's take it back a notch

Well we then got in the car and drove through the sweet tunnel again and headed to Page, AZ. It was a long ride mainly because we were driving through such desolation. The few houses scattered about looked like they were just made out of plywood. I'm not sure how anyone survives out there. But we crossed the Lake Powell (it's an actual lake!) Dam and were in Page in our hotel in no time. The babies were weary and needed a snack. So after some ritz bitz, Gardetto's and Seinfeld we were feeling much better. We went and saw our Mexican friends at Los Delfines for dinner. Some crazy decorations in there lemme tell ya but the food was goood. Enchiladas a la crema hit the spot. We watched some of the sunset and called it a night (after watching The Office and 30 Rock of course).

To sum it up- Zion is pretty/they have a good mug selection, Fatali has the best pics of all, and Seinfeld and snacks can cure pretty much anything

P.S. Zion, I want to give you a hug