Time for a trim

Mercedes and his crew gave our overgrown Mediterranean Palms "the treatment" today.

45 minutes later and for the same price as Yvonne's haircut, the new look will also need some getting use to.

Panguitch Utah and Bryce Canyon

Well, here we are, heading South again.

Barrhead to Butte to Panguitch and finally to Mesa, Arizona

We stayed at the Panguitch House B&B for a couple nights. Bryce Canyon is a short drive away and we planned to do some hiking there.

We stopped at Red Canyon on the way to Bryce Canyon. "You ain't seen nothing yet" was a comment we heard along the way.

Bryce Canyon National Park is situated in South-West Utah

There are 13 lookout points along the 20 mile long rim drive. If you feel energetic there are 8 marked trails that can be walked in less than a day. Most include the 800 ft vertical decent from the rim and return climb to get back to where you started. We chose a "moderate" 1.5 hr trail and found it challenging because of the altitude. The 35,000 acre park varies in altitude from 6,600 ft to 9,000 ft above sea level so if you're used to hiking around Edmonton (2,200 ft) or Victoria (0 ft) you might easily find yourself out of breath because the air is a bit "thin".

Although it's called a "canyon" the folks around here like to refer to it as a series of natural amphitheaters. Many of the hoodoos are well over 200 ft tall.

Yvonne making her way down into the canyon on a well-used path. Going down is the easy part.

It's in the bin!

The 2014 grain harvest is over for most of us.

From the field to the truck to the bin

Stan now has more grain bins filled with wheat and canola than ever before. The new Meridian bins arrived just in the nick of time. 

Jerry, Stan and Robert

Guess which guy rides in the air conditioned cab all day.

Pelicans at Lac La Nonne

The pelicans are lining up for the last bus of the season.

Pity the person who has to clean this swim platform.