vacation #4 - Zion National Park

I realized I never finished blogging about our vacation. Oops! Here's the rest.

We drove from the Grand Canyon to Zion 2 days before we'd planned, because of the torrential rain that was swamping our tent. Zion was beautiful, if somewhat thunderstormy, for the first 2 days we were there. Still, it didn't rain as much as at the Grand Canyon, and our tent didn't leak.

The kids slept through the drive through the east part of Zion. Calvin cleverly had his puppy (stuffed animal doggy) hanging up in the car while he slept. The views were breathtaking, of course! That evening the sunset at our campground was terrific, with very beautiful lighting.

The next day, Calvin caught a small frog at our campground, and observed it for a little while. We then let it go in a mud puddle, where it swam around happily. It rained a bit on and off until 10:30 am or so, at which point we left to take the bus up the canyon and hike the Riverwalk at the Temple of Sinawava. Very cool! Lots of hanging plants on the rocks, lots of red rock, and beautiful scenery all around.

Oh, speaking of rain, that morning I racewalked a bit in the park and got caught in a serious downpour. I was soaking wet within minutes! It actually felt good because it was quite warm, but my shoes did take a while to dry. Fortunately I had another pair and I was able to wear them the next morning, and took pictures of the same scenery but with contrasting lighting from the gorgeous sunny morning.