Can you believe it? This is my 100th blog! The time has flown by as Roger and I have chronicled our adventures on the road in this RVing lifestyle. With our two year anniversary coming up next month (I will have stats and thoughts on that in April), it does give me pause to think about how quickly our traveling time is going. Yes, it is still so much fun!
We are now into our third week at Zion National Park. We have noticed how popular the park has become and were thrilled to have had it basically to ourselves during the first part of March. Now it is time to share it with many more people. The park system does a great job of getting people to their various destinations through the use of buses. The park buses will start running at the end of this month.
On Saturday, Roger and I hiked in the Kolob Canyon. This canyon is part of Zion National Park, but located off of I-15, instead of the main road into Zion. We chose a moderate hike called Taylor Creek. This beautiful hike took us along Taylor Creek and into a canyon with incredibly steep walls. We experienced a sharp temperature change, complete with snow, as we finished the hike. This hike takes you past two pioneer cabins and ends with two arches. The pictures below show this beautiful part of Zion.
This hike means crossing Taylor Creek many times.
The first pioneer cabin on the hike.
Snow still covers the creek with the water flowing beneath the snow.
More snow as we get further into the canyon.
The second pioneer cabin
I love this life!
Two arches at the end of the hike
Time to turn around.
On Thursday, Roger, Bear and I drove 90 miles to Bryce National Park. Spending just a day at Bryce was not enough, but it did give us our hoodoo fix. Bryce is known for it's curious rock formations, caused by time and erosion. They are called hoodoos.
Bryce sits at 9,000 feet in places, thus winter (snow and ice) was seen throughout the park. At the highest point on our tour of the park, the temperature was 39 degrees. Brrrrrr!
Tourist season runs April through the first part of November, though the park is open year round.
Roger and Bear are ready to tour Bryce
HooDoos in the distance
Thor's Hammer is the tall hoodoo in the center front of this picture. Bryce uses it as a logo.
The southern end of the park
Natural Bridge
What a great third week we had in southern Utah. Thank you for checking in with us. Next week is our fourth and final week at Zion. Learn what Bear has been doing in the 101st blog.
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