Trip to Zion National Park

This past weekend we drove down to Zion National Park. It was absolutely spectactular. And yes, we took Rocky with us. He is only allowed in parking lots and on the Pa'rus Trail, but even he seemed to have a good time. There were no reds or oranges but the yellows were outstanding. Especially against the red walls. But all of it was great. We took close to 800 photos. So it took most of yesterday just to download them onto the computer. And then to narrow it down to 5 for this blog was another job unto itself. We took the shuttle back on Sat. to the Temple of Sinawava and walked the one mile River Walk. We didn't go into the river and continue on as it was getting late, we weren't dressed for it and the water was really cold.


On Sunday we drove ourselves so we could stop at places the shuttle didn't. This lone red rock is one of Rick's favorites in the whole Park. It sits right next to the road. Again you can see the yellows were brilliant.

To the left is Checkerboard Mesa. You get to this by going on the Zion-Mt Carmel Hwy. This is the one with the tunnel. The tunnel is about 1.1 miles in length and is really something. There are so many different colors and types of rock in Zion it is really amazing.
Sunday afternoon we drove to Kolob Canyon. This is another part of Zion. The road is only about 5 miles long into it but well worth the side visit. Driving home we saw a spectacular sunset but by the time we could find a pull off from the freeway it had faded too much. We both commented on how great this weekend had been and how we had missed doing this. Can't wait for our next trip.