Great Basin/Zion National Parks

Arrived at Great Basin NP Saturday about 4:00pm. Camped at Lower Lehman Campground for 2 nights. Due to remote location or towering mountains there was no reception. We drove up to Mather Lookout - elevation 8500 feet! Incredible views. The campsite was at 7300 feet,
so Ken was limited in physicality and didn't do the Lehman Cave tour. I did the 90 minute tour and it's a beautiful cave - the guide said it is
the third most "decorated" cave in the US - the 1st being in Virginia and the 2nd in Texas. Decorated meaning the amount of stalactites,
stalagmites, "shields" and various cave features. Left Monday at 8:15am and arrived at Zion at about 2:00 - campgrounds full!! Staying
one nite just outside the park in a private RV park, having reserved a space in Zion for tomorrow night before heading on to Bryce Canyon.

Reno

Prepping...

Tomorrow we head off to the National Parks in Utah. Ken found a rainbow "LDS" sticker - tempting, but we'll forgo that idea. The rainbow California flag will be enough...
Loaded the RV with clothing, stacked firewood in the truck, loaded in the BBQ, propane, generator, tools...tonight is the big load in - all the food, more clothes, shoes, more food, more clothes - seems we ALWAYS pack enough clothes for a seige. "Oh, I need this shirt...oops - forgot my work out mat...oops! Need the third pair of sneakers!..."
We'll probably get on the road at the crack of ten, as usual, planning to leave at 6:00AM - this ALWAYS happens...