During our stay in Southern Utah last month, our cabin was located only about a half-hour’s drive from Zion National Park. This was by design, since it was our favorite stop two decades ago when my husband and I last visited the area.
These shots taken through the windows hardly do it justice, as we drove in toward the East entrance of the park. But clearly, the terrain looks much different from the rock formations we saw the day before at Bryce Canyon.
The kids liked the tunnels we went through on the way – this one was a short tunnel before the mile-long one that many visitors miss because they come by way of I-15, rather than State Road 89. We had to wait for a while before entering the mile-long tunnel because a motorhome was coming from the opposite direction, and was too wide to allow on-coming traffic.
After the tunnels, we seemed to go down, and down, and down. It’s understandable how they came to the term “Grand Staircase”. Zion is in the center, with it’s peak the altitude of the bottom of Bryce Canyon, and it’s canyon floor the highest altitude at the Grand Canyon.
Yes, we meandered down the canyon to the road wayyyy down there!
Be sure to stop by later this week to see photos in part two of our Zion National Park family adventure!!
Southern Utah Series:
Bryce Canyon
ATV and Antelope
Zion National Park
Zion Canyon Family Adventure, Part II
ATV Trails
Mesa Verde, Colorado
Grand Canyon, Arizona
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My family’s thinking of taking a long drive this summer. Perhaps Yellow Stone, where I always tell my 6-year old that that’s the place where my wife and I … well.
“No,” my 6-year old would say. “I wasn’t made there.”
“How do you know?”
My 6-year old would look at me and say, “Because I was made in the hospital.
Mike
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7:25 pm
Really great pictures! I hope to be able to visit Zion one day!
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