Arizona Trip Part Two -- The Prescott Zoo!

Every day we were in AZ we were busy!  But, I didn't take a picture of every little thing we did! :)  I am giving you the highlights though.  One day our whole family plus Grammom went to the Zoo!  Here are some pictures I took.

There were two peacocks walking around loose- they are such pretty birds!

This raccoon was very friendly- he walked right up to us. I think he thought we were going to feed him!

This great horned owl hissed at me when I took his picture!

It was neat to see a Mountain Lion so close!  She kept pacing back and forth while we were watching.

 We brought a picnic lunch and enjoyed it while at the Zoo.  They had picnic tables in a covered area (some of us were glad to get out of the sun), a large sand area, and grass.  The children really enjoyed the sand!

 The lemurs were very fun to watch. I thought they acted like little monkeys - they were quite cute. 

At this zoo, almost everything has either been rescued, donated, or bought from another zoo that was getting rid of an animal.  They had deer, goats, javalinas, tortoises, Mexican wolves, wallaby (like miniature kangaroos!), bobcats, different kinds of birds, a tiger, bear, lizards, snakes, spiders, and lots of others that I'm not remembering! We had a good time!


Grammom, Mom, Alida and I enjoyed going on several walks in Grammom's neighborhood while we were there.  One time I was getting tired and didn't want to climb another hill, so I sat down at the bottom and took pictures of stuff while I waited for them to come back. :)

 Here they are going up the hill. They are on the right side of the road. (Hey, aren't you supposed to walk on the left side?!)

I just thought these rocks were pretty. :)

My view of Prescott from where I was standing. Most of what you can see is the neighborhood Grammom lives in.  I got a nice break and enjoyed the morning - then when Grammom, Mom and Alida came back down we headed back for breakfast!

Nice view of Granite Peak from Grammom's deck. :)

Mom and Grammom working in the kitchen together.  We had lots of special food while we were there; Grammom spoiled us!! :)

 Dahlia LOVES the camera! When she sees it she always smiles big!

This is Lynx Lake. We went there and took a picnic lunch one day. Some played near the water, but we didn't stay as long as we would have liked to.  We had to leave so that we could get home in time for Grammom's "open house."  She had invited some of her friends to come hear us sing, and she'd prepared some snacks.

     Grammom also arranged for us to sing at the preschool she volunteers at - so we did that one day.  We sang for two different classes.  We sang patriotic songs (it was a public school.)

Anyway... more later!

The LORD bless you and keep you, the LORD make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
Numbers 6:24,25

Kathlyn

Arizona Trip Part One! -- Driving down and Bryce Canyon!

We set out from our home in Trout Creek, MT, on February 17th, and drove to Mapleton, UT (near Salt Lake City.)  In the morning we got back on the road and drove and drove till we reached Bryce Canyon National Park. We spent about three hours there - I took lots of pictures, so here are some of them! :)

 

South of Dillon on I-15.  (I wouldn't remember such details, but Edwin does!)

Not the greatest quality picture, but I liked how we could see the road stretching out in front of us!

                                      













This is early morning right before we left Mapleton, Utah. See the moon?





















A view from the road - Edwin says south of Mapleton about an hour. :)

Southern Utah - nearing  Bryce Canyon!

Almost to Bryce!  I like the way this picture has a kind of frame, with the interior of the van on one side and a blurry foreground at the bottom/right, sort of bringing out the clear focus of the center.

The view from the first "scenic look out" we came to. This was called "Natural Bridge".

Same place as above.  See the rock on the pedestal?!

From another vantage point. 

Everyone except Dad and the little girls hiked along the rim of the canyon from one point to another.  This was taken along the way. If I remember right we hiked around a mile.

The view was breath-taking!

All the "things" sticking up are called hoo-doos.

Along the way, we met some hikers from Germany, and I asked one of them if she would take a picture of us. BUT, when she went to take the picture, my battery went out!  A friend of hers suggested putting my SD card into her camera, taking the picture, then giving my SD card back! I would never have thought of that, but am so thankful he did! 

We spent some time in the gift shop, and bought a few things - a couple magnets, etc.  I bought myself a brown cap with pictures of Zion, Bryce, and Arches on the front (all Utah parks). 

After we left Bryce, we headed south to Prescott, where Grammom lives. We arrived about quarter till 10 pm.  She was very excited to see us! (And of course we were excited to see her too!)  

That's all for now, but more will come!

Blessings,

~Kathlyn