Day 2 - River Walk

Saturday we actually went into the park. You can't take cars into the canyon anymore. You have to ride buses. So we pick up one bus outside the RV park which takes us up to the canyon entrance to get on a tour bus. Needless to say, the buses were standing room only today. We got lucky and got seats, though. Good timing I guess. Jarod wanted to stay on the bus all day. Who wants to hike when the bus takes you all over the place?!!??

Water child again. We walked down the River Walk trail which takes you into Zion Narrows. To hike the narrows, you actually have to get into the Virgin River. The water is too high right now, so the narrows are closed. But we did get to play in the water a little at the mouth of the narrows. That is some seriously cold water. Didn't bother Jarod one bit. He is the only one who went wading.

This is so cool. They call it a hanging garden. Flowers just grow right out of the canyon wall. The rocks "weep." Water pours out of the rocks which allows the flowers to grow.

Here is a close up of the flowers in the hanging garden. They are sooo pretty. We were lucky to be here right when they are blooming.

So we've been camping enough to see lots of squirrels. Some very brave ones too. But I have never seen anything like the squirrels here. They literally just sit in the middle of the trail and wait for someone to feed them (which is illegal by the way). We ran right up to them, jumped over them, yelled at them. They just sit there. Even if you are about to step on them. They don't care at all.

And here is my monkey. He climbed on EVERY rock along the trail. Then he told me I needed to put every single picture on the blog. So I had to create a collage. You can't see them very well, but maybe if you click on it it will enlarge. I don't really know how to do that.

It's really pretty here. Looking forward to (fighting the crowds and) seeing some more cool stuff tomorrow.

Zions Day 1

Oh my goodness! I think everyone in the western United States is here at Zions! WOW. I have never seen so many people in one place at a time. But we knew there would be a lot of people, so we're dealing with it.

It was a long drive and VERY windy. There were a couple times we thought the wind might just blow our trailer right off the road. But we made it thank goodness. It was good to get here and get settled. The boys enjoyed playing on the playground while we set everything up. It's right next to where we are camped.

Just hangin in the trailer. Pretty sure Jarod is aiming that little foot right at his brother's face.

Here is where we are camped. It's an RV park, so neighbors are right out your door. We have neighbors in this empty spot now. But no annoying neighbors thank goodness. We are about 100 yards from the Virgin River. It is running high and fast right now, so we are keeping the kids away from it.

Didn't take the kids long to hit the pool. It's not too hot here, but hot enough that an afternoon dip is nice.

What????

Serously? Snow at the end of May? There go my tomatoes. Again.