Zion National Park

Zion National Park

Day 2 of our trip. Words cannot adequately describe Zion National Park. It is so beautiful. The park has a shuttle system to control traffic so Carson had his first ever bus ride. He LOVED it. At the beginning, he jumped up and down and yelled when he saw the bus coming for us!! It was too funny. The shuttle was a double bus set up that had different animals painted on the side. We had to get in the bus that he insisted. For instance, we had to ride the 'lizard bus' and the 'turtle bus' rather than the chipmunk bus.

We spotted several squirrels on the hikes. Carson's version: werwerl. Madison's version: curl,curl,curl. They were very tame, even begging people for food.

There were two hikes that we did not get to do that are on our MUST DO list: Angel's Landing and The Narrows. Both of which we are not willing to take the kids on. Angel's Landing takes you to one of the highest points in the park and at one point the trail is only 3 feet wide with a 800ft drop off on one side and a 1200 drop off of the other. There are chains to hold on to to get across that point. Is that supposed to make me feel better? The Narrows is arguable the most famous trail in the park. It goes through a slot canyon. It was closed due to the snow melt and subsequent water flow. The river you see in the pictures is the same one that flows through the trail.

We were sooo tired at the end of this day. We certainly made the most of our time there by hiking as many trails as we could.