HURRICANE, UTAH

  April 7th, Monday---   I ain't making this up:  Yesterday we pulled in the Hurricane KOA (they've got more & better Maytags), and our slot was rt. next to a Big Rig trailer ($400+K) operated by husband & wife mink farmers (Mormons?) from here in Utah."Does anyone wear mink these days?" I ask. "Of course, of course--you're not with PETA are you?"the wife answers 

--her eyes narrow and mean. "Is the mink business very lucrative? I ask. "Oh yes--yes, it can be. But with the recession and all, we had to manage a bar to pay the feed bill. But we're doing good now." (Evidentially, given the size of their Big Rig.) Things turned sour when we accidentally dumped 3 days worth of stored sewage on the ground. Shortly, they moved to another slot. Alas.....

   Went to Zion Canyon Nat. Pk. today. Tons of people---tons of sensory overload. Squirrels were so tame they'd hop in your lap for a handout.  Oriental woman with an ostentatious Nikon on a tripod moved close to photo one of these tourist squirrels and said, "Ahhh...so...American rat have bushy tail."

      (note photos of Zion.)