Zebra Canyon, Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument

Zebra Canyon

Directions to Zebra Canyon: take Hole in Rock road to the third cattle guard, park at the obvious spot in the desert, and follow the trail. In less than a mile the trail drops into a wash, and the scenery gets interesting.

This is actually a pretty easy hike, but it didn’t feel […]

Hidden Canyon hike in Zion

Originally we had planned to head to Bryce in the morning, but Mark really wanted to hike to Hidden Canyon. So, as quickly as we could, we loaded up, checked out of our motel, and headed for the Zion visitor’s center to board the shuttle.

The trailhead at Weeping Wall serves Hidden Canyon, the East […]

Kolob Terrace Hoodoos

“Roll with the punches.” That’s what we did today, and the result was pretty nice. This being our last full day in Zion, our plan was to do a major hike into Hidden Canyon. Instead, one of us went to see a doctor—nothing serious, just inconvenient.

Mark and I took the girls and headed for […]