Memorial Day Weekend

My older sister Chan and her husband gave me and Mike their old minivan so Mike, my little sister Kanika and I flew to Burbank, California on Saturday to pick it up. We stayed in Long Beach California until Monday and drove back to Logan with a small trip to Bryce Canyon. The weather was very beautiful in California and it is always nice to be so close to the beach. And it is always nice to see my sister and her family. For those of you that don't know, Long Beach has a huge Cambodian population so a highlight of the trip was going out to a Cambodian restaurant and eating some excellent food. I have always loved Asian food but since being pregnant it has been so much better and tasty.

We did see some crazy stuff in California though. When we were driving back from San Clemente we saw a police car driving zig zag on the freeway to slow all the traffic down for no apparent reason. Then on Sunday morning Mike and I went onto the balcony and we saw a woman next door crying hysterically and smoking a cigarette. The scary part was she was straddling the railing and swinging back and forth like she was about to jump. SCARY!!! Anyway my brother-in-law Vernon took care of the situation.

Monday morning we left California and we headed to Bryce Canyon. We made a small stop in Las Vegas at the Pro Bass Shop and it was awesome. I thought Cabela's was huge but this store put Cabela's to shame. Then we had lunch at Ellis Island Casino because Kanika saw it on Guy Fieri's show "Diners, Drive Inns and Dives" on the Food Network.

We arrived at Bryce Canyon around 6:30 pm and it was freezing cold. The north wind was blowing and all the tourist were dressed in winter clothes and we were in shorts and a light jacket. I was very glad that I decided to stay in a motel instead of camping this time. My dad met up with us at Bryce and he brought some of our camping stuff so Monday night we toughed it out and had a little bbq.

Tuesday morning we woke up, got ready, packed our lunches and headed off for our big hike. We did Fairyland Loop which is around 8 miles. It was very beautiful and the weather was perfect. Sunny but not too hot. It think it was about 62 degrees at the hottest point of the day. We saw a lot of wildlife and took some great pictures. The hike wasn't too hard but it was long and I think it really took a toll on my dad so instead of hiking the rest of the day we drove to the viewpoints. We saw Bryce Point, Inspiration Point and Sunset Point. There were tons of foreigners and all the rooms near Bryce were booked.

Wednesday morning my dad left because he was really tired from the day before and probably couldn't handle another hike. Mike, Kanika and I started at sunset point and did Navajo loop that joined up with Peekaboo loop. It was awesome. The scenery was much better than the hike from the day before. The hike was a little shorter about 6 miles but a lot more strenuous. If anyone goes to Bryce I would highly recommend going to see Wall Street. It is definetely worth the hike.

We finished up around noon and headed back to Logan. Kanika drove from Panguitch to Syracuse which was quite an adventure considering it was her first time. She did really well until we hit traffic in SLC where we had a few scary moments but overall she did great. I'll post some pics later this weekend.