Zion 24th September
It had been a really pleasant ride toward this park, sunny and little wind. The approach to the actual park is interesting in itself. The actual entrance is through a mile long tunnel cut through one of the mountains and boy when you come out the other side it hits you right between the eyes. It’s absolutely gob smacking! The valley walls create a kaleidoscope of colours zooming up into the clear blue sky; we just couldn’t stop taking pictures. Once into the actual park the main part of the canyon can only be visited on foot or by the free shuttle bus service which runs every few minutes. The ride up this part of the valley was superb as the valley narrowed between the vertical walls zooming up 1500 to 2000 feet. What a place to climb, crack and grooves every where, a rock climbers dream. There are scores of walks to do, many of them going to the rim of the canyon. This would be a superb place to come for a stay (get ready Mark!).
We stayed so long sightseeing and walking that we had to find a campsite to stay in the valley. The actual campground in the parks were full so we stayed in one just outside with views of mountains and walls out of the tent door.
Heaven, until the cold woke me up again around three in the morning?
It had been a really pleasant ride toward this park, sunny and little wind. The approach to the actual park is interesting in itself. The actual entrance is through a mile long tunnel cut through one of the mountains and boy when you come out the other side it hits you right between the eyes. It’s absolutely gob smacking! The valley walls create a kaleidoscope of colours zooming up into the clear blue sky; we just couldn’t stop taking pictures. Once into the actual park the main part of the canyon can only be visited on foot or by the free shuttle bus service which runs every few minutes. The ride up this part of the valley was superb as the valley narrowed between the vertical walls zooming up 1500 to 2000 feet. What a place to climb, crack and grooves every where, a rock climbers dream. There are scores of walks to do, many of them going to the rim of the canyon. This would be a superb place to come for a stay (get ready Mark!).
We stayed so long sightseeing and walking that we had to find a campsite to stay in the valley. The actual campground in the parks were full so we stayed in one just outside with views of mountains and walls out of the tent door.
Heaven, until the cold woke me up again around three in the morning?
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