Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Zion NP, Utah

I'm not usually keen on visiting the same place year after year on my vacations. However, as I talked about in my last post on Grand Teton, the weather was not cooperating. Last year we vacationed in Southern Utah, visiting 10 National Parks and monuments in two weeks. It was a bit insane and though we feel no need to return to some of those parks, Zion and Bryce were two parks we wanted to re-visit.

Our drive, once we left the Jackson Hole area, was beautiful. Gorgeous sunny weather and perfect temperatures. We pulled off the highway and met Dr. Murdoc Henderson, cycling from the West coast to the East coast to raise money for deaf South Africans. He founded the organization Intaba, Inc. At the rate he was riding we figured he'd make it to MO before we would.

Anyway, we arrived at Zion, set up camp and then took the bus into the park to do a quick hike. We decided to hike the emerald pools trail (one we didn't do last time).
 Campsite at Zion South Campground
 Court of the Patriarchs, Zion NP

 Waterfall to Lower Emerald Pool


Photos copyright Katrina Kouba Boles

In case you missed my posts from last year's visit to Utah, here are some easy-access links:
Next up: Hiking to Observation Point, Zion NP

This is a series on our 2011 trip. Here are the previous posts:
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2 comments:

  1. Sharon P.August 10, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    Beautiful! Zion is my favorite park....don't blame you for returning!

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  2. KatrinaKBAugust 11, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Sharon, I love Zion too, it's such a fantastic place! Not sure I can place it above Glacier as my favorite park though. We spent a full day there again this year and I'll write more on that in my next post... Thanks for reading and as always for your comments! It's nice to know someone's out there. :)

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