Zion National Park

Monday we headed into town for a nice meal at our favorite spot, JB’s Restaurant, and then headed to Zion National Park to see what all the excitement is all about.

The drive the ZNP was beyond our dreams and once arriving to the entrance the site blew our socks off.

 Upon finding the gate of entrance, we realized that our Senior Pass was in the truck. But the man at the gate believed that us two ole geezers had one and let us in. With a Senior Pass, seniors don’t have to pay to get into National Parks. So inside we went. We looked around at the gift shops until the shuttle pulled up. No, we did not walk that long and winding trail. hehe  One could drive through as well, but our one ton dually never would have made the narrow tunnel and Mark would have missed out on so much that there was to see. The shuttle was the best way to go.

The seating for the Shuttle ride didn’t take long and it didn’t take long to figure out we may have wanted the other car. There were children on the car we were in that made enough noise that hearing what the driver had to say difficult. He explained  the different sites we were about to see. We were literally in between the red cliffs. Everything went straight up! The Indians called that area the land that went up. How imaginative. LOL One point was so high they called it Angels landing because it was so high that only angels could land on it. That was of course the highest point. Another area was called Natures Amphitheater. And indeed is looked like one too. 

There was so much beauty to see all around that my neck was getting sore from trying to turn and look straight up all the time. Wow what a ride.  Not only my neck was tired, but my jaw was sore from dropping!! ;) We could not of imagined anything like what we saw today.

The whole ride was a couple hours. But you could get off at any one of the 8 stops along the route to explore as the next Shuttle came in less than 15n minutes. People were walking the steep trails and along the river to get a closer look. I’m too out of shape now to do any of that.  Plus I am a klutz and may have landed in the racing river. 

The day was filled with awe and wonder. We will be going back again some day too. There is so much to see that it all can’t be taken in in just one day.

The included photos only make a representation of what is actually there. One must see it with your own eyes to truly comprehend the wonder of it all.