We’ve seen a lot of wildlife on this trip. On our drives between Arizona, Utah and Nevada we’ve seen countless horses and cows grazing.

A few hundred feet from our hotel in Springdale, we saw an elk munching on some bushes on our way to dinner one night, and then three elks on our walk back from dinner last night. We got within a few feet of them and they caused quite a commotion being so close to the street (and tourists.)

At Zion we’ve seen dozens of rock squirrels (one was squawking like a bird) and they aren’t shy. There’s been lizards, butterflies, a wild turkey and quite a few doe and deer.

There are tiny black and white birds flying about. Paul and Big D saw a blue heron while on inner tubes floating down the river from Zion to Springdale. Unfortunately we haven’t seen any big horn sheep clinging to the mountainside.

Paul spotted a snake, several feet long. Glad I wasn’t there for that one.

We’ve seen some interesting plants on this trip too, including a few species of cacti, but no suaro.