Round the World Travel

Hi all,

After leaving Page we have moved to another new American state, Utah. We are staying in a town called Hurricane and using it as a base to visit Zion, as it's only 20 minutes drive from here.

We divided the visit to Zion National Park into three parts|: -

The Riverside walk. A very leisurely walk along the Virgin river that eventually leads to a place called the 'Narrows'. The pathway comes to an end and then to see further into the canyon you've got to get wet! As I was the only one with appropriate wading shoes Diane chilled out while I did the getting wet bit. Although the weather warm the water was freezing! I also used a stick to keep balance and prevent the camera going for a swim. Worth getting cold feet for a while as the view was great.

Next was the 'Weeping Rock'. A very short walk with a stream of miniature waterfalls dripping over a rock face. An ideal place to cool off from the sunshine and take in the background mountain scenery.

The final walk of the day was along the mile long Kayenta trail up to the upper Emerald Pool, then the middle and finally the lower Emerald Pool the most impressive. Another mile later we caught the shuttle bus back to the Visitors centre and the car. The shuttle bus driver thought he was a bit of a comedian. Comments like "Now you know what a sardine feels like!" and "Can you breath back there!" seemed to give him some mild amusement and made us chuckle.

The combined walks made a total of approximately 5 miles, enough for one day.

Next stop Cedar City for Bryce Canyon then onto Las Vegas to see how many Elvis Presley's we can spot. Bye for now.