May 19: We rode the shuttle from the Visitor Center to the end of the Zion Canyon. During the peak season, you cannot drive your car through the Canyon. The shuttle has about 8 stops in the Canyon so you can get off and see sights around that stop. A shuttle arrives at each stop every 6-8 minutes, so it is quite convenient and perhaps, even easier that driving our own car, finding a parking place, getting in and out.
For our first day, we stopped at the Patriarchs Peak so I could get a good picture while the sun was in the right spot. Then we traveled to the end of the canyon to the Riverside trail. It is about a mile and ends at the narrows. NO, we did not walk the narrows. Walking on the rocks of a river back into a narrow canyon did not sound good to us. Plus everyone who came out had water up to their hips, which would mean water up to our waist. NOT FOR US !
Actually by the time I stopped every 4 feet to take 6 pictures, it took us 2 hours to walk the mile to the narrows. Walking out took 20 minutes; Barb would not let me stop for pictures again!
May 20: We took a drive to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. To get to the sand dunes we had to drive over highway 9, which took us to the Checkerboard Peak and through the tunnel. The sand dunes actually were a beautiful coral color and great to see.
May 21: We drove to the northern section of Zion, called Kolob Canyon. Drove through the canyon, hiked a mile up a bluff to view the entire area,
and then we rested and had a picnic.
May 22: We started the morning with a Ranger sponsored shuttle. It was 2 hours with Ranger selected stops to teach us about the geology of the area.
May 23: We hiked about a mile to the Emerald Pool to see a waterfall. Nice hike. Waterfall was more a trickle due to poor snow/rain conditions.
May 24: We left Zion to head to Panquitch, Ut in the Bryce National park area.
Love to all of you,
Linda and Barb
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