For us, we left at a decent time - just before 10:00 am. 40 minutes into the drive, just outside of Provo, Niko asked the dreaded question, "Are we there yet?" We weren't.
Thanks to the joys of portable DVD players, the trip to Zion was relatively uneventful. We did stop in Fillmore for veggie burgers at Burger King, where the boys enjoyed a special treat: sodas! (Amazingly they were rather unimpressed with my trivia: Fillmore was Utah's first capital.)
While the boys watched their DVD, Kelly and I listened to a collection of "This American Life," which must have been very good since we found ourselves in lovely Hurricane - lost. A heated "discussion" later and we were back on track. NOT that I keep score of these things, but, um, I was right on this one; although at one point Niko did demand, "Give me the map!" (There's a lot of testosterone in our family.)
Our little side trip to Hurricane, which for all the non-Utah readers out there is pronounced not like the storm, but rather "Her-kun," we arrived at the Bumbleberry Inn in beautiful Springdale at the mouth of Zion National Park. A little late to do any hiking, we decided to hit the pool - Gus' favorite part of the vacation. Fun fact: the Bumbleberry Inn's pool isn't heated... You all know about shrinkage, right?
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