Do not have internet cafes / terminals around here so today is the first chance for almost a week to keep the site up dated We are in Zion National Park and it is hot 97 degrees and ryan is struggling a bit. We are keeping him covered in sun cream though, he looks so white it is though he he has seen a ghost. been to yosemite park on monday, it was fantastic, awesome and breath-taking, got some fantastic photos. Tuesday drove to beatty a ghost town next to death valley (trace and jordan were not too impressed with the rv park, at one point they refused to stop there and wanted to sleep in a hotel but ryan and i convinced them otherwise!! Decided agaings going into death valley after we were told it would melt the tyres (min 120 deg farenheit) and it would cost a minimum $1,000 dollars to recover if we had to be towed. Tuesdat night stopped in a beautiful town called bishop, about 100 miles from las vegas. it was this town in the middle of the desert. kids played baseball and we all went swimming in their public pool next day. wednesday arrived a thte Zion river resort rv park (twice the cost) but has swimming pool and all mod cons so they are happy now. Having fun with the RV (not) it is a pain but we are overcoming the obstacles. Keep in touch as soon as we can but out here is dependent upon finding an internet connection R,T,J,R