Thursday, August 6, 2009

Day 13 - 15 June 2009


We departed Salt Lake City, the proud owners of a navigator which was going to guide us to Zion National Park. The navigator guided us unto Interstate 15 and from there on it was practically useless because the rest of the route was on Interstate 15, how could you get lost. During the last few miles after I-15 there weren't many choices of which way to go to Zion National Park. Nevertheless I dutifully consulted the navigator until we got to the campground just outside the park. The town of Springdale is a nice place with restaurants and shops. They also provide free shuttle service, this time because parking in the park is limited.

We decided to take a free ranger-guided tour through Zion canyon, in the evening. The tour was informative if a little long-winded. The rangers (both she's) told a lot about the origins of the National Parks system and the early Mormon settlers in Zion canyon and a little about the geology. The walls of the canyon are impressive and many faceted, hard to imagine that anything we will yet see could be more majestic.

All in all, it was a long day and I was glad that day 13 was over.

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