Zion Trip - Day 6

This is our cabin. It had two king sized beds and it was perfect for 4 people. We thoroughly enjoyed sleeping in it for the two nights... even though it was pretty far away from the canyon. We didn't mind because the drive through the park was so beautiful. After we got ourselves moving, we drove back to the canyon and headed to Angel's Landing.

The first part of the trail to Angel's Landing was about 2 miles and the last half mile was very steep uphill. In fact, the last part was VERY steep. It's called Walter's Wiggles. As you can see in the picture, the switchbacks were almost straight up. This is looking back down the switchbacks from the top. Makes me tired just looking at the picture. Whew!

The hike out to Angel's Landing was a half mile long. The trail is along this 'fin'. The canyon was a steep drop off on either side of the trail. There were chains most of the way up so it felt a little more secure but still quite intimidating besides being exhausting. Most of this part of the trail was climbing over boulders.

From the top it was quite an exceptional view... and we even encountered some friendly (hungry) chipmunks. We weren't really allowed to feed the chipmunks but occasionally a peanut from our trailmix would fall.

It was a dramatic hike and I'm happy to say I did it, but it was alot of work and kinda scary for someone that's generally afraid of heights. That night we headed back to the comfort of our nice cozy cabin and slept like babies.

Zion Trip - Day 7

Colleen had to leave the next day, so Pat dropped Veda and I off at the Park Entrance while she drove Colleen to the airport. We caught a bus to a hotel/spa in Springdale and pampered ourselves. Veda got a pedicure (she'd never had one before) and I got a facial (I'd never had one before). Pat met us at the restaurant across the street from the spa and we had another wonderful lunch. The only tables were outdoors and it poured down rain, but we still enjoyed it.

We left Zion and headed back to the north rim of the Grand Canyon. We stopped at Pink Coral State Park in Utah and enjoyed the interesting sand dunes, then drove into Kanab and stayed in a hotel called Perry Lodge. There are lots of old westerns that were filmed in the area and all of the film crew and actors had stayed in this lodge so we enjoyed looking at the old pictures in the lobby, then got to watch one of the old movies that had been filmed closeby.

Sewing Room Tour

On May 17th, my favorite quilting group, In Stitches, did a sewing room tour of four of the members homes. There are 12 members in the group so we will do this 2 more time to see everyone's home. We also did a progressive lunch. The first place we went was MY house. I served appetisers. I had a friut salsa with homemade flour tortilla chips and Mimosa's to drink. I took pictures at each person's sewing room but I didn't take time to take pictures of mine so I took some pictures recently to add to my post.



Back row: Sheila, Julie H., Julie N., Flo, Jamie, Karen, Eve
Front Row: Linda, Carolyn




My sewing room including my HQ quilting machine.




My sewing room. Notice the awesome ironing board that Alan built for me.

Flo's House

The second home we went to was Flo's. She served a salad and white wine. She has a beautiful home that they've only been living in for a year or so. Her sewing room is one of her bedrooms and she has made great use of her space.

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I have to put a picture of her kitchen. Take a look at that backsplash. It is the same travertine tiles as on the floor. When some of the pieces were broken as they were laying the tile, she chipped them to make them even and used them as the backsplash. She used it in the bathroom around the sink and tub, too. Very cool..

Jamie's House

The next house we went to was Jamie's. She made the main course.. chicken enchiladas.. yummm.... She has a really cute, small, 2 bedroom house and she's converted her master bedroom into her sewing room. I think she figures she spends more time in there than in her bedroom so why not...

She has a great sewing table. She hired someone to lower her sewing machine into the table so the surface of the table is even with the table of the sewing machine.

Jamie has a pet tortoise. Her name is Sandy. She entertained us for a long time while she ate her lunch. She likes corn, but she makes a mess..

Karen's House

The last house we went to was Karen's house. She lives in a duplex and has a large double car garage that she uses for her sewing room. She has huge tables and cutting areas and sewing areas and tons of storage. It's amazing how much stuff she has in there! No wonder she can make such a huge variety of quilts. She served dessert.. Rhubarb Pie and ice cream.

We had such a great time that day. We started at 10am and finished around 5:30pm. We can't wait till our next sewing room adventure.

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day weekend I went to Phoenix to go to a Mother's Day Luncheon that my mom's church was putting on. My sisters and I met Mom at the church and enjoyed a nice meal and some fun entertainment.

Carla, Rhonda, Kathy, Helen

On Sunday, Mom, Lain, Shayla and I went shopping at Kohls. We went to help Mom pick out some nice blouses and she found several she was happy with. Then we went to Carla's house and ate the leftovers from the luncheon.