We are too long and too tall to fit through the old 1 mile tunnel on Rt 12 coming into Zion from the east so we had to take the long way around (Rt. 15) and go west through this cute little arch.
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| Sunset from RV, River Behind The Trees |
Zion Canyon Campground is right outside the park on the Virgin River which you can tube on. $51 a night (about same for all campgrounds near the parks) and it is crowded but we have a great site with a view of the beautiful rocks from three sides.
The park's parking lots are filling fast at 7:30 a.m. and you can't drive through the whole park anyway so consider taking the park's shuttle buses which pick you up in town. Cute town with lots of little shops and restaurants. Zion is the 4th busiest park in the nation and by 7:30 a.m. there were over 100 people in line at the park for the shuttles. By 8 a.m. they come every 5 minutes and almost no lines.
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| Angels Landing Behind Deb |
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| 9 People Have Fallen Off |
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| John Coming Down From The STEEP Peak |
9/20 Today was about another challenging hike, this time to Angels Landing. We both hiked 1,400 feet to Scouts Lookout along a 2.2 mile paved trail. Deb had enough but John grabbed onto the chains and went half way to the peak, another quarter mile almost straight up. Too crowded with nervous people for him to go any further.
Zion was formed primarily by the Virgin River which today is more the size of a stream. It is much fuller with Spring runoff and impossible to image what it must have been like to have carved this canyon out of solid rock walls.
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| Cold River Better Than Ibuprofen |
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| John Looking Over River Into Zion Canyon |
Today's Hike: 5.4 miles (2,900 feet of elevation change up and down)
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