Our Spring Vacation Got Off to a Great Start at Minersville Lake Park

A few months ago, our daughter, Elly, and her husband, Brian, invited us to join them on their spring break trip to Zion National Park. We excitedly accepted. On May 9, Elly, Brian and family in their Cruise America RV and me and Jim in our trusty camper (both RVs filled to the brim) departed on our grand adventure. We spent the first night at Minersville Lake Park where I learned the following:

1. For being in the middle of a desert, the park was surprisingly beautiful. I'm not sure what it looks like in summer but with all the recent moisture it was a veritable wonderland . We awoke to a mostly overcast sky but the morning was thankfully mostly devoid of rain and warmer than we had expected.

2. Rumor has it that the showers were the best ever. Mine was not at all wonderful which just goes to show that not all showers in the park are created equal and you'd better test out the shower first before you commit or you might be sorry.

3. It really was, in the immortal words of Grandpa George, "a lot of fun herding kids like these around."

4. "Look, the fitheth are thwimming" spoken by three year old Becca as she pointed to the sky (and repeated three times because I couldn't understand what she was saying) translated means, "Look, the fishes are swimming!" (And no, silly grandma, they aren't swimming in the sky but on the sign ahead of us.)

What a great way to start a vacation!