It was a bit calmer when we got up this morning, but much
cooler than yesterday. The thought of visiting a canyon with icy winds tunneling
between the rock walls and blasting us was not terribly appealing even though
the sun was out. We had some shopping to
do in town, so we took it easy today in hopes of better weather conditions
tomorrow.
The clerk at the bulk food store, it turns out, lived in
Toronto many years ago, and really enjoyed her stay there. Yesterday, outside
of Zion park, we stopped for an ice cream cone and found out that our server
had lived in Edmonton for 18 months. And
when we were in the park, we saw the strangest motorhome – it looked like a
reconditioned garbage truck by its odd shape, and was made with overlapping
plates of metal held together with rivets – and it had Ontario licence plates!
It is a small world.
After stopping at a café for lunch, we headed for the same
cinema we’d been to the other day; this time we saw August: Osage County with
Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and Chris Cooper, among others. The subtitle of the movie describes it rather
well: “Misery Loves Family”. It would
make any family look positively ideal by comparison. The acting was very well
done and the Oklahoma farm country setting plus the dark interior scenes
enhanced the story line quite effectively. It did not, however, leave me aglow
with satisfaction!
On our way to the ci-nema, we passed the blossoming tree that
is our lead photo for today. There are trees like it every-where here! And there are robins about as well, al-though
I’ve only heard them. I have yet to
actually see one. We were visited the
other evening by a flock of quails, scurrying under a picnic table at the next
site looking, perhaps, for some wayward crumbs to nibble. They look so funny with their little
topknots.
The new weather station on our wall tells us tomorrow may be
a nicer day for canyon fodder. Let’s hope.
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