Bicycle Stories: Seeing an Old Friend, Making a New Friend at Zion

It's a little to visit the fabulously scenic Zion National Park on a picture-perfect Saturday in mid-August. But when my ol' Florida pal and former running mate Mike Melton says he's going to be there, I make it a priority to blast the 175 miles from Vegas to get to Zion. I got there a little earlier than Mike, who had to follow the torturous routine of waiting on line to pay for the 15 bucks to go through the walk-through entrance, then wait some more to get a shuttle bus to check out the…