ZION

After spending most of yesterday down into the valleys, today we have walked through the valleys looking up at the gigantic monoliths of Zion Canyon.  The whole landscape was completely different.

After going through the entrance to the park we drove on the most amazing road through tunnels cut through the rock (one is a little over a mile long) then down hairpin bends from the top to the bottom of the canyon.  You can only drive as far as the visitors centre where you park and use shuttle buses to go to the various points.  We stayed on till the end and did the first part of the Narrows walk. This is where the canyon becomes really narrow and you need to walk through the river bed to continue on.  We then caught the bus back and hopped off and on and did other walks for the rest of the day.  It has been a great day and the weather has warmed up and we worked up a bit of a sweat.

I don't often include people in my photos however these two ladies give a perspective to the size and height of the canyon wall.

There is a great variety of colours in Zion as well as shapes and textures.



Part of the Narrows walk.  This innocent looking river, Virgin River, has carved out the canyons over millions of years and there are warning signs everywhere telling you to get back to the road quickly if it starts to rain as the river rises rapidly and is treacherously fast flowing.