The Southwest | Part One | Valley of Fire

We have some very dear and beloved friends visiting us from France, and so we took it upon ourselves to show them the wild lands of the American West. Actually, most of us were discovering them for the first time right alongside them. My general conclusions of the week are that I like the desert a lot more than I thought I did, that we do not have enough sky in Seattle, and that colors are God's best invention.

We flew down to Las Vegas, and quickly headed north to Utah. On our way we stopped off at a quiet state park to stretch our legs and eat supper. A good thing, too, because it turned out to be some people's favorite stop of the whole trip.