Travel Blogs from Zion, United States
Zion National Park
(Ben wrote and Chelise edited like Bryce): Although Zion is a desert, it was created by water. It's basically a big canyon. Zion National Park was definately a very different park from all the others we had been too. The place is crawling with people ...
Iron, Lion, Zion.
Why did nobody tell us about Zion? I'd love to know. It was absolutely breathtaking from the minute we entered the national park: in-your-face-beautiful and towering red cliffs bursting with rich vegetation they called "hanging gardens". We spent an ...
Zion Canyon
This morning, we rented all the gear necessary for the hike of the narrows... & it was the most spectacular hike i've ever done. i'm not that big on heights (esp. when there's nothing higher than me or pure emptiness around) so this was ...
My first taste of the Tortoise
... . Well it was a hell of a lot hotter but the pace was more manageable. At the top we had some amazing views of Zion valley, Yana then proceeded to get Perry to take 100's of photos of her in different poses including yoga stretches and hanging from ...
Zion Dag 2
... zien. We rijden naar Bryce Canyon via de Mount Carmel tunnel, dat is, als we er met onze dikke 4x4 door mogen... 6:30 PM Zion Inn Best Western Aangezien papa altijd van die fantastische ideeën heeft (en hij dus altijd op de computer moet) heb je nog ...
The Buick and a Tarantula
... Chase or Steve Martin, but either way I was incredibly excited to be in a car like this, a good old American station wagon. So, Zion Canyon is like a HUGE red Cheddar Gorge, it was almost too big to take in, I didn't really have any perception as to how ...
Un petit détour qui en valait la peine.
Bonsoir ou bonjour tout le monde, J'ai du faire un petit détour de 100km pour aller visiter ce parc. Eh bien, ce détour fut parfait. Un petit parc qui regorge de belles surprises. Vous verrez par les photos que la nature sait faire de belles ...
Zion
... long and more people have a chance to come and see the places. It works that way for me, anyway. Zion is special It is a large park but only has two roads. One is way up north and not connected to the ...
Hiking with a difference
... had permits for all of us to do the Narrows the following day – hurrah! Which left us with a whole day to explore Zion and do the famous "Angel’s Landings" hike. Zion National Park is an amazing red walled and green bottomed valley and ...
Zion Canyon - Stunning!
... changing landscapes of rock formations. After we crossed into Utah we saw some lovely rock mesas and boulders. Then we entered Zion National Park. It is stunning! This time we are within the canyon, although it is really a valley, green with ...
Iron Like a Lion in Zion
... at the Lower Emerald Pool. Loud voices echo in small canyons. We walked around some more but decided to really enjoy Zion's canyons I would need time for back-country hiking. Maybe next time, but the morning hike up the Kayenta helped erase the ...
Stepping Down the Grand Staircase
... related injuries, Lindsey's parents drove their RV down from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to visit us in southern Utah's Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks. They brought with them Joie, their pug. We met Allen and Elly in Bryce, a beautiful higher altitude ...
Zion National Park
Later on July 16th I drove 92 miles to Zion National Park in Utah. By bus I made a stop at Zion Lodge and hiked over a mile alongside a stream and into a canyon to view a waterfall. Later I went to Temple of Sinawa and hiked about 4 miles. This was a ...
Marching to Zion
... only a half-day’s drive from the Grand Canyon and certainly well worth the time. I was really looking forward to seeing Zion because I’ve never seen it before, nor had any of my family. I was not disappointed. I was very ...
30 feet of metal and a bad bad smell
... and made a wonderful meal with mac and cheese - I'm a very lucky man. We're looking forward to another BBQ tonight and a trip into the Zion Canyon tomorrow. I'll try to upload some pictures with this blog too. Hope you're all well, J & K. ...
Chram vecnosti
... prvni z petice uzasnych poustnich parku v Utahu a pro nas brana mimo civilizaci, resp. pocatek dlouhe rady dnu bez sprchy a internetu. Zion se rozklada v udoli reky, ktere se zuzuje a zuzuje, az se stane jen samotnou rekou, ktera nema brehy, ale ...
Day 1: Las Vegas to Zion National Park
... Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States" its a great book and details all of the National Parks in the United States. It also lists helpful info. such as the cost to enter the park, nearby campgrounds and motels and even restaurants. ...
Zion National Park
We left Kodrachrome early and drove into Zion National Park. Just the drive in was amazing. We went through this really long tunnel, with occassional windows where you just see a huge rockface. When we finally reached the end of it, we came out and saw ...
Best for Last
... National Park just might give it a run for its money. Unlike Bryce Canyon where hoodoos created a mystical wonderland, Zion impressed with towering sandstone cliffs and slivers of canyons as well as a geology that results in an incredible ...
Zion National Park - Walking on the Wild Side
... this amazing adventure. It was a fantastic experience, and a lot of fun, and we would recommend anyone going to Zion National Park, to definitely do this walk, (if you are fit like we are!!). I just wished I could have ...
Buffalo and Big Valleys!
... of ooh, ah, look at that, isn't that huge, isn't it magnificent, look at the colour in those mountains etc Zion was really impressive but different again from anything else we have seen here. We arrived at the Park entrance, paid our entrance fee ...
The last of the Rocks
... Red Canyon than we entered a volcanic area where everything took on an entirely different look. Our destination for the day was Zion National Park. We traveled through a single lane tunnel that was over a mile long and then encountered six switch backs ...
Just out of the Grand Canyon and into Zion!
... non-natives had been allowed to go before! Needless to say... that was just awesome! Anyway, now were camped in Zion planning for our next activities. Today we'll probably do some of the amazing shorter day hikes they have around here, ...
Switchbacks and Red Rocks
... trail to see the most famous arch there (Delicate Arch). Since we were on a tight schedule, we headed out after that towards Zion National Park. Instead of taking Route 70, we took Route 24 to Route 12, which was a very scenic route. At ...

