To the end of Zion Canyon

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 are usually hanging from the cliff walls. We cllimbed down by the little creek to have lunch.

From there we pushed on via the shuttle to the end of the road and hiked the short trail to the Narrows. The snow melt hadn’t turned the river into a gushing torrent yet, so some folks were braving the 42° water and wading up into the narrows. We were content to watch, although the photos of Mark and Chase look like they’d like to go.

On the return shuttle trip we stopped at Big Bend and walked down to the river’s edge. Just across the river the cliff-face of Angel’s Landing rose above us and we could see hikers in silhouette on the Angel’s Landing trail.

The late afternoon shuttles back to the visitor center were crowded, but we managed to squeeze in. We had dinner on the the patio of Zion Pizza and Noodle. The view is better than the pizza, although the pizza wasn’t bad by any means. We all felt tired although we didn’t really do that much.

Links
—Zion Canyon 2010 photo gallery