Zion National Park is one amazing place. Whereas, at Bryce, you are looking from above down at the colorful rock formations, at Zion you are inside a canyon looking up 2,000 feet to the towering cliffs above.
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| This was our view out our coach front when we woke each morning. |
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| Many many hikes in the park....the best way to experience the beauty. |
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| 2 mile Riverwalk Trail. |
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| If you're a geologist or like rocks, this place is for you. |
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| 3D Model at the Visitor's Center showing the canyon. |
Like we said earlier....gawking is allowed.
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| ...and beautiful springtime flowers |
Now...this is just (just?) the canyon part of Zion....you can drive through a mile-long tunnel to get to the eastern part where the rock formations are fantastic.
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| This is Checkerboard Mesa. |
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| Close up |
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| Even more of a closeup |
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| ..just to show you how large it is... |
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| ...and Kim |
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| All around the base of Checkerboard Mesa is the fine sand from it. It's made of sandstone obviously but look how very fine the sand grains are next to a piece of sandstone. |
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| So much of this part of the park has these layers upon layers of twisted sandstone. |
After hiking up Watchman's Trail, I made a movie but, in order to get a good conversion, it's about 16MBs. If you want to view it, you can go to YouTube to view it. It's worth it to get a good overall feeling of the park.
http://youtu.be/R8TwOUbIhdA
We were there for 5 days and still were amazed every time we looked upwards. Wonderful visit.
More photos can be found here....
https://plus.google.com/photos/100376105788369441882/albums/5874501906303789761
and, from our last visit...there are about 135 photos here....
https://plus.google.com/photos/100376105788369441882/albums/5660747571069754625
Kim and Steve
