Kodachrome Basin

After the long day to see Zion, we got a kind of late start on Saturday. It was raining on and off all day. Luckily, we had less than 100 miles to go. Our destination was Kodachrome Basin State Park, as beautiful as you might expect from the name. Hard to take a bad photo. National Geographic visited here in 1948, and gave the area its name.

Richard went for a hike up to the rim, an overlook from which he took some of the photos. He also met a recently retired couple from Washington state.

On Sunday, we woke up to a cold, rainy day. The photo shows the snow at higher elevations. We drove 50 miles to Panguitch, to the closest Catholic Church, St. Gertrude. The place was packed, with about 60 people in the small church. A 75 year old retired Irish priest said the mass, he had a great sense of humor. We ate Easter dinner at a cafe promoting its soup and homemade pies. There were plenty of cars outside, and the food was good.

Monday was a nicer day, partly cloudy, and warmer, up to the 60s. Bryce Canyon National Park was reported to be snowy, so we took a hike to Shakespeare Arch in Kodachrome Basin State Park, where we were camped. The paw print that we saw on the hike was identified as a bobcat by the park ranger. He said that there are many bobcats and mountain lions here. We watched some Mountain Bluebirds, and later a Raven turning over cow pies, looking for insects.

We are pretty much out of communication here, since cell phones don't work, and we have no internet connection. We will post this when we can. We did read the Sunday paper from Cedar City, so we sort of know what is going on in the world.