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To: Trip List

Subject: "The Great Outdoors"

Sent: Tuesday, June 4 2002

This update is dedicated to Grandma (Great Grandma) Ray who died this week age 91. We all loved her and will miss her.

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We write from California, the 20th and last state on our trip. Last time we mentioned that we had traveled through Arizona, Utah and Nevada with Rhoanna and Jon's parents. The photos are now up on the site www.sumroy.com. We:

	Flew in helicopters over the Grand Canyon
	Rode horses to a nighttime cowboy bonfire
	Spent four wonderful days in a house boat on Lake Powell for Jon and Rhoanna's 10th anniversary
	Hiked through Monument valley, Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon
	Took a Quad motorbike trek
	and saw the sights of Las Vegas (Gidon was the star of a Las Vegas Show)

It is impossible to describe the amazing US National Parks. We are so lucky to have had the opportunity and lots of time to explore them:

	The monoliths of Monument Valley
	The serene splendor of Lake Powell
	The haunting 'hoodoos' of Bryce Canyon
	The breathtaking magnificence of Zion Canyon

There are lots of photos on these pages, many simple holiday snaps to share with our parents, but there are also a number to help you appreciate the spectacular outdoors.

Even after the parents went home, we continued to explore the Californian parks: Death Valley, Inyo National Forrest (with the earth's oldest trees), Mono Basin National Forrest, The Senora Pass (where we were snowed in!!) and Yosemite. All this will be added to the web site soon.

And now the end in near. As we make our way down the West Coast from San Francisco, we find 'real life' banging hard on the RV door; home, school, work, security (right now the news is of another Homicide Bomber in Israel).

We are sure there will be one more update before the end. Stay tuned ...

Rhoanna, Jon, Ilan, Gidon and Tal