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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Kanab, Utah to Salina, Utah.

James coment last night was "Can it get any better than this!!!"

"Yes James it did!!!!!" Today as we left Kanab, just 5 miles out of town, were the most amazing caves. The Moqui Caves over 14 million years old, this is were Native Americans of the Southwest lived in 700 -1200 A.D.

These caves are now operated as a museum of artifacts, fossils and one of the larges collection of neon rocks that glow in the floride light,  by the 4th generation of Mormons who came from England.

Lex Chamberlain, now sole owner of his ancesters discovery gave us the most fantastic tour, his love and knowledge was so heart warming it brought tears to my eyes of his passion for the caves.
The bar James is sitting on was hidden in the back of the Moqui caves during the days of Prohibition.

The day has been unbelievable today, the caves were to open at 10:am, we got there at 9 and they were open. Then we stopped for a coffee & pie at McDonalds in Cedar City. Would you believe it, the guy at the counter was so friendly gave us 2 coffee's & 6 apple pies for a $1.60 and said have a good day, with a big wink. At first we though he was joking but no, he winked again. Six apple pies for us!!!

We had planned on going up #89 but the girl in the little motel we stayed in last night, said you must go up Route #9 through the Zion Park. She said this is a must if you have travelled from so far.

Wow!!! Was she ever right. This trip through this park has been the most breath taking sights we have ever seen in our entire trip. There are no words to discribe the formation of the rock, the caves in the mountains and the mile long tunnel we drove through the mountain.

This has been an awsume day of leaving the dessert caves of Moqui to Zion's magestic rock formations to top of the world where we now rest in the tiny  place of Selina Utah close to the snow coverd peeks of the Rockie's.

God could not have done any more for us today. Thank you God.
Can't wait to see what he has in store for us tomorrow.

 May your day be as magnificent as ours. Love Eleanor

Moqui Cave
Moqui Cave Bar, during Prohibition

Dancing Cave

Eleanor with Lex Chamberlain
Zion National Park

 Snake Road

 Mile Long Tunnel

 Three Patriots

Rocky Mountains

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