Excellent, Tom! I love these shots. I hang out at the Conifer Forum, and these would fit right in. I recently saw some pics from Cedar Breaks...stupendous sunsets! Josh

Look around and ask about wind. I'm guessing from my few years at the end of the canyon that occasionally you can get winds that might tip some of your containers over unless secured.

I fertilize three times per year on 1 Mar, 1 May and (1 Jul), with Scotts Turf Builder (23% N), at rate of 4# (of fertilizer)/1000 sq'. There are six large brown areas currently in the 150' X 150' lawn. These areas are more round than square and vary from about 10' to 30' in dia. Some have now intersected. I will try to attach photos if I can figure out how! Some of the (orangish brown) areas are in the same location as last year, some are new. Total area is larger this year.

Sounds like you had a wonderful trip and glad you all enjoyed it. That's a lot to cover in 11 days! Dh and I drove across country right after we got engaged, starting in No. California. We'd both been to the Grand Canyon before, but while living in Hawaii, we met a guy who grew up in AZ. He told us about this canyon adjacent to the Grand Canyon that he and his family used to hike into - the trail ends in an Indian reservation. We decided to do it on our trip across country. I'm not sure what we were thinking...while physically fit, we weren't big hikers and it was a 10 mile hike down, it was 100+ degrees (middle of July). We camped overnight and then hiked back out the next day. I was never so happy to get back to our car with A/C! From there we were headed to Denver, so we drove up through Utah along some deserted 2-lane highways, but the scenery was spectacular. We didn't make it to Bryce or Zion, but we have vowed that once all of our kids were old enough to appreciate, we were going to do a trip like yours. We'll probably just do Sedona, Grand Canyon, and then one place up in Utah. I assume you were driving from place to place? Did you get to stop at any of the pueblos? Those were really pretty cool. I agree with you about Vegas. Once was enough for me. We stopped there too on our trip from San Fran down to AZ via L.A then San Diego (our trip was very convoluted as we were all over the map visiting friends along the way). We just had an overnight in Vegas, but did hit a casino just for fun. Totally not my thing at all. Just too much for me. It was neat to experience once, but I have no desire to head back. Did you see the Hoover Dam too? Probably not as I imagine that wasn't on your way if you were coming from Utah. If you have any specific kid-friendly info of places you stopped, please share! I'm taking note of the Pink Jeep tour! Glad you had a great time but totally understand being a little bit too much togetherness! With four kids, I get that when we are having to stay in hotel rooms for any length of time.