We started our day very early and got up shortly after 5 am because we wanted to be in St. George in time at 12 pm to watch the World Cup final Germany vs. Argentina. Only a lot later we realized that due to the time difference of one hour between Nevada and Utah we could've slept an hour longer...
Even at this early hour it was still (or already) 30 degrees Celsius outside. We saw a couple of people on bicycles, using the relatively moderate temperatures for their exercise. We drove through the Lake Mead National Park which was really beautiful with an immensely huge lake. Unfortunately we were only able to make a quick stop at the Valley of Fire National Park with its red rocks but at least we saw a few glimpses of it. We continued our journey through a small part of Arizona which was amazing, the road lead us right through the mountains. There were large rocks on both sides of the Freeway, pretty cool. Judging by what I've seen of Arizona so far I definitely like it. It was only a short preview though, we'll cime back to Arizona later on our trip and our destination of the day was in St. George/Utah. That means we've been in three states in one day, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, rather impressive.
We arrived in St. George well in time before the game so that we even had time to go to the local supermarket before it was time to settle in front of the tv. Our hosts Bob and Rose, an elderly couple, gave us a warm welcome and showed us to our room. It was nicely furnished and had a great view of the mountains near Snow Canyon. Bob had already set up the tv for us and we spent very exciting 120 minutes in front of it. The game was an emotional roller coaster as both teams were fighting hard. Germany gradually got the upper hand but it was still 0:0 after 90 minutes. Finally Mario Götze scored the most important goal of his career and we won the cup for the fourth time!! It we're very long minutes though until the game was finished, I was hardly able to keep still. When it was over I cried actual tears of joy, what an amazing day!! Too bad that I wasn't in Germany, I would've loved to join the parties in the streets that took place in every city.
It was almost 5 am before we headed to Zion National Park which wasn't too bad as it still was pretty hot outside (43 degrees Celsius!) but also the sun was gone which made it a bit more bearable. For today we had planned a hiking trail at the Kolob mountain which would've taken about four hours back and fourth. As it was already 6 pm when we got there we only walked about half of it which was an experience already. The trail lead us up and down several steep hills, I was already completely soaked after a short while, it was still so hot! It was a real wilderness, as someone living in a big city I'm so not used to that. I didn't really feel uncomfortable but also not a 100% comfortable. There were lots of bugs, flies, lizards and, what was pretty cool, an actual skunk! We didn't manage to get a foto of it though as it vanished quickly. We made it back to the car before it got dark and then for once had an early night.
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