Our second day of vacation began on the Riverside walk to
The Narrows at Zion. It was so so cold! Needless to say, we did not venture up
The Narrows beyond the walkway, but it was still a nice two mile walk. Mom found
several rock formations that looked like noses, and I enjoyed seeing what the
area looked like when I wasn’t running through it at night.
Our next stop was the Emerald Pools. I pointed out the crack
in the wall that is Behunin Canyon, and my parents seemed impressed that I’d
rappelled out of that tiny crevice. I even felt kind of awed looking at it from
that persepective.
My mom has bursitis and can’t do any intense hiking, so that
was it for Zion. Our next stop was Bryce. I was really excited about our stop
at Bryce because my dad made reservations at the famous Ruby’s Inn. I’ve driven
by there on my other visits to Bryce and wished I could afford to stay there.
It was even nicer than I imagined! And inexpensive, since it was the
off-season. Well, except for the restaurant. SO overpriced, and there was
hardly anything on the menu that was vegetarian. I ended up with mozzarella
sticks. I am writing this to remind myself to NOT go here in the future.
After checking into the hotel, we drove to a canyon
overlook. I jumped out of the car ran to the railing. If I was still a kid, I
would’ve been pulling my parents’ hands. I couldn’t wait to see their reactions
to this spectacular site. “Incredible,” my dad said quietly to himself. Coming
from him, this was high praise.
We took our time at the various viewpoints, pointing out
hoodoos and taking tons of pictures. However, it was about 30 degrees, and huge
gusts of wind threatened to blow us into the canyon, so we didn’t stay too
long.
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