This is the second part of our visit to Zion National Park. In a previous blog, I wrote about our hiking in Zion. After visiting Bryce Canyon we headed back to Vegas via Zion National Park. Our trip went like this: Drive from Las Vegas to Zion Drive from Zion to Cedar City (spent the night) Drive to Bryce Canyon in the morning. Drive to Zion in the afternoon Head back to Las Vegas Below is a map of our trip. We entered the park on the Eastern entrance. There are size restrictions on larger vehicles as the highway passes through two tunnels. If you don't care much for hiking or taking a shuttle, the Zion-Mt Carmel highway is a great way to see the park. Be ready to pull over and have your camera ready to take photos of the amazing canyons! The larger of the two tunnels is over one mile long! There are no lights in the tunnel so it's extremely dark except the small windows cut out in the rock! The Mt. Carmel - Zion Highway was placed on the National Register of Places in 1987. Anyone who drives this highway will easily see why!
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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson This is one of my favorite quotes since high school. For the past two years my trail has been broken by two pregnancy losses. I often imagine that people wonder if I wish that it never happened to me. The truth is I would never take it back. As difficult as those past two years have been, I've learned more about myself physically, mentally and emotionally than the previous thirty-one years. They taught me to never give up on yourself no matter how dire things may seem. They taught me to seek your own truth, when others don't think it's worth seeking. They taught me to follow your own path when others think it's the wrong way to go. My path did not lead me astray. It lead me to the person I was always meant to be.
Author Biography Dan Buri's first collection of short fiction, Pieces Like Pottery, is an exploration of heartbreak and has spent time at #1 on multiple bestseller lists, including for inspirational short stories and inspirational fiction. The writing is uniquely heartfelt and explores the depths of the human struggle and the human search for meaning in life. Mr. Buri's non-fiction works have been distributed online and in print, including publications in Pundit Press, Tree, Summit Avenue Review, and TC Huddle. The defunct and very well regarded Buris On The Couch, was a He-Says/She-Says blog musing on the ups and downs of marriage with his wife. Mr. Buri is an active attorney in the Pacific Northwest and has been recognized by Intellectual Asset Magazine as one of the World's Top 300 Intellectual Property Strategists every year since 2010. He lives in Oregon with his wife and two-year-old daughter. and TC Huddle. The defunct and very well regarded Buris On The Couch, was a He-Says/She-Says blog musing on the ups and downs of marriage with his wife. Mr. Buri is an active attorney in the Pacific Northwest and has been recognized by Intellectual Asset Magazine as one of the World's Top 300 Intellectual Property Strategists every year since 2010. He lives in Oregon with his wife and two-year-old daughter. AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER. The first collection of short fiction from Dan Buri, Pieces Like Pottery, announces the arrival of a new American author. In this distinct selection of stories marked by struggle and compassion, Pieces Like Pottery is a powerful examination of the sorrows of life, the strength of character, the steadfast of courage, and the resiliency of love requisite to find redemption. Filled with graceful insight into the human condition, each linked story presents a tale of loss and love mirroring themes from each of the five Sorrowful Mysteries. In Expect Dragons, James Hinri learns that his old high school teacher is dying. Wanting to tell Mr. Smith one last time how much his teaching impacted him, James drives across the country revisiting past encounters with his father's rejection and the pain of his youth. Disillusioned and losing hope, little did James know that Mr. Smith had one final lesson for him. In The Gravesite, Lisa and Mike's marriage hangs in the balance after the disappearance of their only son while backpacking in Thailand. Mike thinks the authorities are right—that Chris fell to his death in a hiking accident—but Lisa has her doubts. Her son was too strong to die this young, and no one can explain to her why new posts continue to appear on her son's blog. Twenty-Two looks in on the lives of a dock worker suffering from the guilt of a life not lived and a bartender making the best of each day, even though he can see clearly how his life should have been different. The two find their worlds collide when a past tragedy shockingly connects them. A collection of nine stories, each exquisitely written and charged with merciful insight into the trials of life, Pieces Like Pottery reminds us of the sorrows we all encounter in life and the kindness we receive, oftentimes from the unlikeliest of places. FOLLOW DAN HERE! AMAZON LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Like-Pottery-Stories-Redemption-ebook/dp/B0163NLWDQ?ie=UTF8&keywords=Dan%20Buri&qid=1464703164&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DanBuri777 GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26878042-pieces-like-pottery?ac=1&from_search=true FACEDBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDanBuri?fref=ts INSTAGRAM: danburi777 TUMBLR: nothinganygood EMAIL: [email protected] Dan Buri is the son of an indie author. His father has two published books and countless article credits to his name. Dan’s first collection of short fiction, Pieces Like Pottery, is an exploration of heartbreak and redemption. His writing is uniquely heartfelt and explores the depths of the human struggle and the search for meaning in life. Pictured here with his wife and daughter! Dan Buri's blog tour is sponsored by:
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