A week ago today, National 811 Day was commemorated. It’s a national awareness campaign to highlight the need to call 811 before digging – in our yards or at a construction site. Many organizations in charge of utility assets use this day to promote the importance of calling 811 BEFORE digging. For example, The Southern Gas Company created this “No Diggity” video to help promote awareness.

Since I was vacationing in a few of our national parks on August 11, I didn’t get a chance to add my voice on that day. But the “Call 811” message is relevant every day for everyone who is planning to dig. It doesn’t matter where you are in the United States, you can go to call811.com or simply call 811 to “Know What’s Below” before you dig. The service is required to respond quickly, usually 24 hours in most states.

Today, I’m covering two days of thrilling (and hot) outdoor activities in our National Parks. The first day, we were “living on the edge” at Kanab Utah. This is the site of the Moqui Caves, which features a roadside museum that started as a local tavern and dance hall.

As promised in my National Parks Month blog, I said I’d be posting from my vacation to tour just a few of our national treasures. We finished a great time at Mount Rushmore, and then we visited Zion National Park.

The Oxford Dictionary defines "breathtaking" as: astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away.

To say Zion National Park is breathtaking is an understatement. Words just cannot describe and pictures just don't do it justice. I’ll try with a few, though – sublime, magnificent, glorious, mind-blowing , splendid, and my favorite – divine!