We slept in and took the morning off to relax. We drove through Capitol Reef park, and witnessed the most impressive 5 mile stretch of road on this trip so far (for me at least). The road cuts along the side of a spectacular canyon, and then dips down into it. Truly amazing. I can't think of anything better than to ride these roads on a motorcycle. The twists and turns are so perfect, combined with the beauty of your scenery. Disney could market this as the greatest theme park ride on the planet and make a killing.
As the day wore on, the clouds looked ominous and we were pretty sure we were going to get rained on. The road happened to take us on a rain-cloud dodging path, so we lucked out. We drove through Bryce park, but the views from the road were not particularly impressive. I think you need to take some side roads to truly see Bryce.
We ended the day in Kanab, UT, right on the Arizona border. Getting close to the Grand Canyon!
Update: Kev got really sick last night and started puking in the early hours. As I type this, he's been puking off and on for the last 7 hours, and he also has a serious fever. Perhaps food poisoning, perhaps influenza of some sort? I'm not keeping count, but I would guess he's puked at least 10-15 times.
I've attached an image I just took of him in bed. He's not posing, and he actually looks that terrible. His fever is up and down, and he moans a lot. Thankfully we were not camping when this happened, as that would have really sucked for Kev.
Update 2: I just did some reading on wikipedia, and it's unlikely that it's food poisoning, since he doesn't have the hot poops. Whatever it is, hopefully it's not contagious.
I've also added a rough map of our route so far:
View Cross-country Motorcycle Trip in a larger map
If he continues throwing up, time to seek medical attention. For one thing, in the heat, he will become dehydrated very quickly.
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