We have confirmed reservations at the family-owned Grand Staircase Inn on Kodachrome Drive. For the last half-hour of the drive, we had passed no other cars from either direction. We arrived at 8 p.m. to discover that we were the only guests of this large hotel. The owners of the hotel weren't even staying there; they arrived at almost the exact same time that we did, checked us in, and left. There was a heavy fog rolling in - odd for the desert. It was all kinda spooky ... Do-dee-do-dee!
The room was absolutely spic-n-span clean, big ol' flat-screen TV, enormous shower and sumptuous bed. All for $54! We were pretty tired from the days driving and sight-seeing, so we showered and crawled into bed. The cell phone alarm was set for sunrise-minus-a-few to allow us to capture some amazing color in Kodachrome.
Rise and shine! Throw on a few clothes, open the door and ... the freezing fog is so thick that we can't see our hand in front of our face! Ever faithful, we get in the car and inch our way down the road toward the State Park. Things lighten up a bit with the sunrise, but the fog seemed determined to hang tough.
Granpa turns off the ignition and hunkers down to wait for the fog to burn off or lift. Remember the phrase, "freezing fog?" I plug in the inverter, pull out my teapot and brew a nice hot spot of tea.
Kinda romantic actually. Two ol' coots cuddled up together feeling like the only people on the planet, listening to love songs from the 60's ... Love IS eternal especially in a fog.
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