Hiking Zion—Kolob Arch

The Kolob Canyons area of Zion is in the northwest corner of the park, quite some distance from the Springdale main entrance. I think it’s a lovely part of the park, and it gets far fewer visitors. Of course, to see any of its wonders requires a bit of hiking. One of the popular, but […]

Biking Zion Canyon

We drove from the motel towards Springdale, looking for a place to park in order to start our bike ride. We pulled in to a farm store that was really quite nice, situated in an orchard with a green lawn surrounding the store and several tables and chairs scattered around. I asked if we could […]

Utah vacation: second choice

We’ve been planning for a few weeks to take a week’s vacation, and our desire was to head to Bend, Oregon. However, the weather didn’t cooperate (cloudy and sprinkles) and the high country roads were still closed due to snow. So, we headed to southern Utah. That’s quite a difference in environments, but still the […]