To the end of Zion Canyon

Ready to go

We were a bit slow getting going in the morning and didn’t get to our parking area until 11:30 am. The girls were happy though, and ready to go.

Our destination was Weeping Wall. The waterfall was pretty, but it was early in the season for all the vegetation and ferns that […]

Emerald Pool hike in Zion

Like yesterday morning, we were slow to get organized. Letting the kids sleep, getting them dressed and fed, making our lunch—it was mid-morning before we got away from the motel. We stopped in Springdale to get a coffee and briefly look around.

Falls at Lower Emerald Pool

We got to the Zion entrance station around […]

Zion bound

Day 1 of our trip to the national parks in southern Utah. We have usually gone as far as St. George the first day, but Barstow seemed about the max travel time for the grandkids (in another car). On the way, we stopped in Shafter and had lunch with my Mom at Brookstone Deli, in […]