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| The Watchman Trail - Prince's Plume flowers in front of the Watchman |
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| The West Temple from the Watchman Trail |
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| The Watchman Overlook |
I wanted to share with you our trip to Zion NP, the fourth busiest national park in the United States. The beauty of this park is unsurpassed by any other and the hiking opportunities are legendary. During the trip, members of our group did the Watchman Trail, the Lower Emerald Pools Trail, Weeping Rock, Canyon Overlook, Pine Canyon, Zion Narrows with the Riverwalk, Pa'rus Trail, tubing down the Virgin River, Angel's Landing and part of the West Rim. The Observation Point, Hidden Canyon, and Kayenta Trail were closed due to rockfalls but the Narrows opened two days after we got there and John took 4 family members up the uncharted territory of the new season. He reported that it was somewhat deeper than the past couple of years and had several logs in new places. They also saw one log floating downstream! Hmm. But, they had a blast! There is a bit of road construction going on in town and, after a rocky start, they have the signals working efficiently now for traffic. The first shuttle leaves the Visitor Center at 6am and we took advantage of that for the Angel's Landing hike. There were still a lot of hikers but with the opening of the Narrows, Angel's Landing had quieted down a little bit. I hope you will enjoy the photos!
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| The Watchman Trail Descent |
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| Emerald Pools Bridge - Down the Virgin River at the Zion Lodge |
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| The Canyon Overlook Trail |
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| Hiking the Canyon Overlook Trail with the Fam |
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| Canyon Overlook Trail - Yes, that's the trail! |
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| Zion Canyon Overlook |
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| Teaching the Kids how to negotiate the Sandstone |
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| The Swimming Hole in Pine Canyon |
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| On an Island in the ... Virgin River |
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| John starts the Zion Narrows Hike |
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| The Pa'rus Trail - Downstream |
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| The Pa'rus Trail - Upstream |
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| Angel's Landing Trail - Beginning |
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| Scout's Lookout |
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| John and Pam (sister-in-law) on Walter's Wiggles |
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| Angel's Landing / West Rim Trail |
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| Waiting for the Shuttle - Angel's Landing in Background |
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| Contemplating the Properties, Strategies and Uses of Cold Water |
2 comments:
Looks great! It was so much fun getting to spend time with you, John, and the rest of the family! We had a great time! Do you have the photo of us you took before heading into the Narrows? You don't have to post it to the blog, but if you have that photo or any others good ones of the group, can you please email them to me?
Thanks,
Lauren
Just a large thank you for posting your Zion photos and info
John Ward
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