Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Zion National Park - June 11

The spot we chose to camp in was lovely, fairly isolated, and smelled of pine. It was heavenly. After a yummy breakfast of cottage fries and eggs, and an inaugural run of the portable showerhead so Cheryl could wash her hair (it worked great!), we headed off to Zion.

These were our initial views. We loved the criss-cross erosion on these hills.






 And these cool forms.


Then we drove through the mountain in a very, very long tunnel. Cheryl, waiting her turn for the tunnel.

The arch cutouts in this photo were actually a few of the windows in the tunnel.


The formation on the right is what we drove through.


The views entering the valley were beautiful.


The Court of the Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is Utah after all.

More beauty.


Cacti in bloom.

We hiked to the lower falls but it wasn't really a waterfall when we were there, more like a tropical oasis with a constant misty stream coming from above.



Loved the plants growing out of the rock walls.


A close up.


We couldn't hike to the upper falls because of the winter damage to the trail.


But we saw lots of wildlife: turkey, stubby lizard, snake (which we noticed because a woman came running around the corner in a panic after having seen it), bold squirrels, and deer.






And another tropical overhang.







We couldn't hike down through the narrows since they closed it because of the high water. 




 Last views as we were leaving the valley.



And then, within a few miles, its as if those peaks and valleys were never there.


Spent the night dispersed camping in the pines of Kaibab National Forest near Jacob Lake. 

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