Lee's last couple of days here (he went home Friday) we spent at Zion National Park and at Snow Canyon. Our first trip was to Zion, which was about an hour from my parents house. I took so many picture that it's hard to choose from the 160 to share with you. My pictures, however don't even compare to the actual scenery. The first few pictures I took from the vehicle as we were driving towards Zion.
There are a lot of curve that are in the middle of the rocks. I'm not quit sure what causes them, but there are quit a few. Below are just two that I captured.
The next two picture were taken at the Visitors Center the first one is of course Devin and the one below that you can see the moon in the sky. Both days of exploring the moon was visible!
The first trail we went on was a steep, but short hike up to Weeping Rock. The name Weeping Rock comes from the continuous water which "weeps" out of the alcove. As you can see in these next pictures there is a steady stream of water coming off of the rock.
Grandma Marilyn and Devin standing below Weeping Rock.
We continued our exploration on another trail, which I am not sure of the name. This one was a bit longer. This first picture is in the parking lot of the trail.
The picture above is a waterfall that is located at the beginning of our hike. Below you can see The Virgin River. This is the river that ran along the trail. The trail we follow leads up to the Narrows, which is a long hike in and out of the water.
Above you can see a deer. It is the first of a few that were along the path. They weren't to frightened by us, but why would they be when they get 2.5 million visitors a year! Below is a picture of the path that we were following.
Below is my favorite spot of the trail. There were many colors and shapes that were a result of the water coming from above. We were debating about one particular shape and whether it was a fish of something else. I also saw a ghost which was white and a little man looking thing. Also you can see some snow as well.
Below is a picture of Devin by a rock which for some reason had white swirls in it.
I'm not quit sure what Devin thought of the whole experience, but of course he was as good as gold. He looked around curiously at the whole thing taking everything in.
After the walking on the trail we went on a car ride that took us through a long tunnel, which I did not get a picture of. On our ride we saw some Big Horn Sheep crossing the rode. Lee then saw some babies up in the rocks. We saw these five and then later when we came back around we counted seven more Big Horn Sheep.
At the end of our journey we turned around at the Checkered-bored Square Rocks. These were real neat, you could see, well checkered-boreds in them. You can also see some snow along the side. I did not get the best picture of this because by this time my camera was dead!
We also went to Snow Canyon and because this post took so long to do I will have to work on that post later.
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You sure look like your having fun. Logan is loving Devin's little videos. He sits here and smiles and says something....I assume it is whatever he calls Devin....You think I should go water your plants?
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