Today we visited our fifth National Park this week- Zion National Park. This is a really heavily visited park. So much so that everyone has to ride a shuttle into the park. The first hike we went on was 3 miles and it was hotter than a Jeffco School Board meeting..over 100 degrees at one point! This factor along with hiking with 1,000 of our closest friends made it a little difficult to appreciate the beauty of this place. We had a different perspective here as we were hiking in the bottom of the canyon and looking up at the majestic rocks. There are many trees and foliage here because of the the Navajo Sandstone. This pretty red stone is very porous so it retains water. This allows plants and trees to take root.....now you know!
Our second hike was along the Virgin river where at the end Don and I kicked off our shoes and cooled off our feet for a bit. Many people chose to swim as the water was just the right temperature. We decided against the highly praised Angels Crossing hike because it discourages anyone who is afraid of heights (me) from attempting it. Also a fun fact is that seven people have died on this hike. I didn't want to be number 8 and become one of the angels!
It was a hot and tiring day but well worth the visit. Also we topped it all off at the campground by barbequeing locally grown, grass fed T-bones...yum!
Deer pooping in woods...don't see that every day!
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