Blogs from Zion National Park, Utah, United States, North America - page 11

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 where the water is just seeping out of the rock, and it looks and feels like it's raining when you're under it. This water has been in the rock for thousands of years before it makes its way out. Because of this water, there is a lot of greenery in the canyon, which is odd because we're in the middle ... read more

ZION- National Park Leider haben wir verschwitzt uns eine Reservierung hier zu machen und da es das Labor-Day Wochenende ist müssen wir mit einem Unterklasse-Motel zum stolzen Preis von 100 Dollar Vorlieb nehmen. Der ganze Park inklusive Shuttle-Bussen dorthin und darin (mit dem Privat-Auto darf man nur noch eine bestimmte Durchfahrtstraße nehmen ansonsten ist der Park für den Allgemeinverkehr gesperrrt) platzt dann auch aus allen Nähten vor lauter amerikanischer Familien mit plärrenden Kleinkindern, Touristen und Outdoor-Freaks. Wir entscheiden uns für eine Hiking-Strecke, die im Führer als "anstrengend" bezeichntet wird weil wir so hoffen, wenigstens den Familien zu entgehen. Wir fahren also mit dem Bus bis zur vorletzten Haltestelle "Weeping Rock" und beginnen unseren Weg zum Hidden Canyon. Dabei überwinden wir insgesamt 260 Höhenmeter und etwa 3 Meilen. Die Aussicht ist at... read more

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 all the way up on this rock but was not quite brave enough to go all the way to the top... this view is looking out on the Bell formation, the Courthouse and I think it is also the Cathedral (from the other side) and another that I don't quite remember. I ... read more

Le 12 août - visite de Zion National park - j'ai mis des détails en légende des photos. En gros, la partie que nous avons visitée est un canyon avec des parois gigantesques et une végétation très abondante dans le fond et grimpant un peu sur les cotés jusqu' à des falaises vertigtineuses. Les plus grandes falaises de grès du monde, parait-il. Beaucoup d'eau courante, allié à un temps nuageux nous font du bien après les grosses chaleurs. Nous feignassons un peu sur les chemins. Là où le canyon se retrecit très étroitement en amont, il est possible de continuer à pied en marchant dans l'eau. Je me souviens maintenant que nos amis de St-Wandrille nous en avaient parlé (est-ce bien là). Mais c'est trop tard, on a pas pris de vieilles basquettes, et en plus, ... read more

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 off toward Page and toward Zion National Park. The desert formations and colors are amazing. The heat was steadily climbing as we descended down even further toward Page and the Lake Powell. Vincenzo observed that perhaps winter would be a good time to visit this area….ha ha ha ha…Vincenzo is a fast learner! We stopped at, where else, Wal Mart in ... read more