http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Utah , Zion National Park en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 03:35:02 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 03:35:02 +0000 Can you spot the snake I can guarantee you it IS there somewhere... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-441860.html Zion National ParkKC and I left Kanab behind and went north and then west. We entered the Zion NP about 8 AM and the sun was just starting to light up the unique rock formations and structures. Betty and I did not spend much time in Zion but we talked of it often. I know the last time here we did not take the Shuttle into the canyon because little white ferocious beasts were not allowed. So http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-439771.html Initially this long weekend trip to Zion was supposed to be with a group of friends. Since none of them were able to make it I changed it to a family camping weekend. My mom sister and her boyfriend all came along. For my mom this would be her first camping experience. It will be quite interesting to see how well she deals with it. I picked up our rental car for the weekend a Chevy HHD on F http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-439001.html Today we made our way to Zion National Park. We arrived at our hotel in Hurricane before 2pm so we spent the afternoon and evening at Zion National Park. They have this great service at Zion where there is a free shuttle that takes you into the park and to all the different stops in the park and it leaves roughly every 7 minutes. One of the stops was called Weeping Rock. This is a place wher http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-438970.html ZION National ParkLeider haben wir verschwitzt uns eine Reservierung hier zu machen und da es das LaborDay Wochenende ist mssen wir mit einem UnterklasseMotel zum stolzen Preis von 100 Dollar Vorlieb nehmen.Der ganze Park inklusive ShuttleBussen dorthin und darin mit dem PrivatAuto darf man nur noch eine bestimmte Durchfahrtstrae nehmen ansonsten ist der Park fr den Allgemeinverkehr gespe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-434201.html I am falling behind on my blogs I take so many pictures during the day that it takes quite a while to go through them all to decide what to upload. So rather than make it perfect I will put in an update now with more to follow later on. I spent the last day in the Sedona area on a hike but started the day at Airport Mesa at a view point. There is a picture here from that viewpoint I climbed http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-432687.html Le 12 aot visite de Zion National park j'ai mis des dtails en lgende des photos. En gros la partie que nous avons visite est un canyon avec des parois gigantesques et une vgtation trs abondante dans le fond et grimpant un peu sur les cots jusqu' des falaises vertigtineuses. Les plus grandes falaises de grs du monde paraitil. Beaucoup d'eau courante alli un temps nuageux nous http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-427983.html La 12 aot. Nous partons tt du De Motte Campground dans la fort de Kaibab. Je conduis pendant une heure et demi pendant que les autres ronflent. ...ou essaient dans les cahots de la route. A la sortie de la fort avant la descente Nathalie me rejoint et nous profitons du panorama sur la valle 2000 ft plus bas. 89A vers Fredonia puis passage en Utah et nouveau changement d'heure. On est compl http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-427968.html August 1st Williams AZ to KanabUTThis was a driving day. We took our time getting up mozying around readying the RV and taking off for Utah. Our goal tomorrow is to hike Zion National Park. We decided to treat ourselves and stay in a hotel for the night. Not sure how much of a treat it was it was a Roadway Inn. The girl said she'd give us a good deal. It was the room with the big TV but the T http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-425763.html Sorry it has taken me 2 days to get this in but after all we did on Wednesday I was way too tired to blog that night We got up and had a fantastic breakfast at the BB stuffed French toast...incredible After breakfast at 930 we headed east through the national park to go to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. My dog Dez and I love to watch Dogtown it is filmed at Best Friends on the National http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-424028.html As we descended from the Grand Canyon rim in the early evening we could gradually feel the heat rising incrementally. It soon felt as though we were descending into an inferno. We stopped at a little spot on the road called Cameron. It is on the Navajo Reservation. It was too hot to contemplate sleeping outdoors so Beth and I opted for a night of AC and an actual bed.The next morning we headed http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-423494.html This morning we left Buhl ID around 830 am and just hit the interstates I84 and I15 to get to Zion Canyon National Park. We drove through Ogden Salt Lake City Provo and many other places as we made our way south through Utah. It took us about 9.5 hours in tital and that included a stop in Ogden at a Costco to pick up a few supplies for meals so we don't have to stop and eat lunch at restaura http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-423308.html Vanmorgen na het ontbijt vertrokken richting Zion National Park. Dit was 15 uur rijden dus goed te doen.Om bij het visitorcentrum te komen moesten we rijden over smalle weggetjes paswegen en door tunnels Peter kon zijn lol op. Na onze auto geparkeerd te hebben zijn we met de shuttlebus verder gegaan. Op verschillende plekken zijn we gestopt en hebben rondgekeken. We hebben ook nog even bij een http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-420478.html Today we went hiking in Zion National Park. It was great but I'll let the pictures show you that.It was also pretty hot but we went hiking early enough. We actually took about 5 short hikes actually 2 short hikes and 3 that are so short it's insulting to call them hikes.Tomorrow we're going to Bryce. Apparently Bryce is on fire or at least a part of the woods there so we are not sure exac http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-420197.html We started our trip today with a 7 hour drive from LA to Hurricane Utah just half an hour from Zion National Park. The drive was actually pretty good. We went from California to Nevada to Arizona to Utah passing through the Mojave Desert. One note about the weather it's hot damn hotAt some points along the way it was 46 degrees outside and even at evening it's over 40. This weather is e http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-419893.html Zion National Park wasn't less beautiful or aweinspiring than the Grand Canyon. It was as if we were inside the canyon so it was a very different experience and a very different kind of beauty. Instead of looking down and across we were looking up and around. The entry was 25 plus another 15 because we are a camper and there is a very big tunnel that they'd close off to traffic to let us dr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-418670.html Found a great BLM campsite right outside the park entry. NO RVS allowed awesomeRunning water privacy and a great view of zion.Angels Landing is the absolute highlight. Walk err hike up that hill and you can experience something very unique.We carved our initials in the pavement shshshsh. Awesome hike awesome camping. Saw cool rockclimbers going up the big wall on Angels Landing.Must return http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-417967.html We got up early and went off to hike The Narrows. While the Narrows is very beautiful and striking it is also very rocky. The deepest water that we encountered was approx. 3' deep. Caitlin probably did the best out of all of us. I did fall at one point. We hiked approx. 2.5 miles upstream and then came back down. Hope that you enjoy the pictures Courtney http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-416257.html We left Vegas this morning to head over to Zion. It took about two and a half hours. Not to bad of a drive. We stayed at the Zion Lodge which is located in the park. It really is nice to be able to stay right in the park with the girls. For a side note there was not a TV nor a pool at the Lodge. I'm not sure who was more dissapointed Mark with no SportsCenter or the girls without a swimming http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-415413.html Spent the last part of my Utah portion of the trip in Zion National Park. This was a really nice park as well once I figured out what I was doing. I ended up having to drive out of the park to park my car and walk back into the park. As with many of the parks that I have visited so far Zion has a mandatory shuttle system to get to different parts of the park during the summer season and all o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-409315.html