We moved to Zion and began our exploration of this beautiful park. Menz’s had been here before so knew the things to see and do first. We have hiked a couple of trails every day enjoying the spectacular scenery here. Except for Glacier, this has been my favorite.
Yesterday the three adventurers hiked the Narrows, which is a gorge cut by the Virgin River. I stayed behind and enjoyed the time painting the trail head. Because the trail is in the river, shoes are a must. George rented the water shoes and boots to save his own and was glad of it. Despite his assurance that he wouldn’t get wet..he did. Camera and all. Being his usual self, he forged ahead into deeper water and got doused. We bought him an appropriate T-shirt!!
The photos are wonderful from that adventure. My painting not so much. It’s back to wc on wc paper and no more experiments with materials on the road!!
After spending two hours at the trail head painting, I took the shuttle to the lodge and had a nice lunch on the roof top patio. We all met up at the visitors center and drove to Springdale for lunch (theirs) and a bit of shopping, a quick nap(them), and a stop at the library. Our next adventure was an overland tour of the area ending atop a mesa. The ghost town of Gilford (I think) was interesting as part of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed there. It was used as Emma’s home if you remember the movie. We learned a little about the geology of the area on the tour and enjoyed bumping along the trails.
Today is our last here and we’ve decided to take a break and catch up. Laundry, repack, and general regrouping is on the plan…then a little down time with cards by the pool. Cooler weather is ahead at Yellowstone which we should reach in two days.
A few photos of Zion starting with the big horn sheep who greeted us as we entered….
That rock is really interesting. Wondering how it got so many different layers at the same height.
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