Zion

My friend Judy got here to the Hitch’n Post RV Park in Kanab on Thursday in time for us to check out the Lotsa Motsa Pizza place for lunch. Not bad. On Friday morning we headed for Zion. The road into the park was totally under construction. It’s amazing the number of RV’s that braved the road, mostly the rented ones.

This is Judy at one of the first stops we made. The construction was improving  the smoothness of the road, but did not widen it. The only place to pull over was the designated pull-outs.

We went through a 1.1 mile tunnel that was constructed in 1930 before we got to the Visitor’s Center and the place where we had to take a shuttle. In 2000, the park decided it couldn’t handle all the cars, rvs, and tour buses stopping along the way, so the only way you can do the park is on a shuttle. Actually, it’s painless and the tour guide is very informative.

 

The other thing I might  mention is that the only way to see all the narrows, arches, and other great photo ops is to HIKE. We hiked at various stops, but the younger people hiked the narrows. Here’s the hanging gardens formed from water seeping through the rocks.

This is a small waterfall on the Virgin River and people walking the middle of the river heading toward the Narrows.

Judy got this squirrel to pose for me. There’s a sign at the beginning of the trail telling you not to feed the squirrels because they bite; however, they are constantly underfoot.

The hike up to Weeping Rock was almost straight up, but this is the picture I took from underneath the rock.

On our way out of the park, we had to stop for road construction, and I got a picture of what I call a future arch.

Utah is definitely a place to continue exploring in the future.