Day 7 - Zion

 We left our rooms at Luxor at 9 am. Guys went to checkout so I volunteered for a Starbucks run. I stood in line 25 minutes, 20 people in front of me. A nice man behind started a conversation, heard all about him and Luxor’s deterioration over the years. Guess he has been coming a lot. Was looking for Cindy and he asked who I was looking for, told him my sister and our husbands were checking out, so no more conversation after that. 

We enjoyed Luxor, an older Hotel but clean and friendly. Our  rooms were in the pyramid on the 17th floor. Elevators were interesting being at a slant. Lloyd said they worked like the arch in St Louis. 

We ended up stopping at Chick-fil-A for breakfast. Was good as always. Onward  to Zion, 2 hours 151 miles. Our hotel is in Hurricane Utah , a Comfort Inn. Too early to check in so we decided to head to the park. We ended up at the Kolob Canyon, it was a 20 minute drive up. We saw beautiful scenic mountains. 



Headed back to Hurricane and decided to stop and have lunch. Stopped at Stage Coach Grille in La Verkin. Was another great local pick from Frank. We had burgers, salad and French dip. All liked. 



Next stop Comfort Inn. Got checked in. Very chilly here so we headed to Walmart for Zion sweatshirts for tomorrow. No luck all they had were hoodies that I do not care for. Got some water and snacks back to Hotel. 

Planning on another local fare for dinner. Rooster Run cafe after a little rest. The cafe was local and very good. Frank had salad with steak, I had a chopped steak with baked potato and carrots, Lloyd’s selection was chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy. Cindy chose salad and baked potato. Cindy and I decided to have dessert (we have been good all vacation) Lloyd and Cindy split lemon meringue pie, I chose banana cream. Was delicious!! Zion park tomorrow. 




It is very cool here and raining tonight. Cool tomorrow, we will have to bundle up. 

All photos Here.

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  1. ChrisApril 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM

    Did you post pics for day 6 and 7? I wasn't able to bring up any. safe travels

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