Journey through Zion with SIT

 

SIT left Torrey Utah with a vision of stopping at Mount Carmel. Instead we landed at an RV park just 5 miles from Glendale Utah on April 30th. This RV park had an appeal to it in that the view was awesome and they just opened for the season so it wasn’t crowded.

The View from our Trailer

 

Izzy has been enjoying the location as she and I take morning and evening hikes toward the mountain. She has fun trying to catch the ground squirrels and mice she seems to sniff out. Good thing they are faster than she is as we don’t have any cages for her pets!

Wednesday we headed to Zion National Park. We entered the park through the East entrance. What was amazing to us as we traveled into the park was the contrast of the geology at the beginning to the geology further into the park.

The first stop for us was at the visitor center. This is where Izzy could go on a trail so we started there with the idea we could get her tired and she would sleep while we took the shuttle through the park.

The following pictures will give you a flavor of what the park holds in terms of scenery and beauty.  I was able to take a couple of hikes and one was the trail along the Virgin River.  If only I had my wetsuit I could have hike the entire trail!!

Diversity in the Park

Along the way

Into the Park

Trees that grow anywhere

Change

 

Can I get out now?

Whitecaps but not the snow kind

Scalloped rock

Near the tunnel

White and rust

Rocks with black hats

Snowmen maybe

The Checkerboard

Layers

 

The Virgin River Trail

Hiking along the river

The trail continues in the river

Watering rocks

The view from the trail

 

Spots

A new cave forming

Rugged

 

Flat top

Majestic

Striped mountain

Changing color

Steve and Izzy hanging out while Tory takes a hike

 

 

 

We hope you enjoyed the journey through Zion with us.  Next stop is Bryce!