Zion and Bryce Canyon

Zion Canyon National Park is certainly a gem as far as hiking and sight seeing go. We came up from Las Vegas Monday and it was still 100+ degrees. When we got set up in Zion, it was still 90+ in the early afternoon but cooled down quickly as we were camped in the bottom of a large canyon.



The sun sets early and rises late so it is not affected by the heat as much, lucky for us. We were lucky enough to get a camp site on the canyon's river which was crystal clear and has an emerald tint. The girls blew up their inner tubes and floated down stream to cool off.




The wildlife was plentiful and varied as we saw mule deer, turkey, lizards, chipmunks and a few rodents we could not identify.
We hiked to the lower emerald pools on Tuesday and it was quite strenuous.



The temps have been comfortable all day in the mid 70's and tonight it might me around 50 degrees.





Wednesday we arrive ti Bryce Canyon, about 80 miles away, and noticed quite a temperature change and more greenery. It also rained for a small period.

We got some nice pictures of the amphitheater, which is an open canyon with many rock spires.



The rock is a deep orange color and seems to glow when the sun hits it. There are many of these organ pipe structures throughout the park.

The girls will do a horseback ride tomorrow morning early, and then we will move on to Arches National Park. After this we will begin to make our way towards home. I am starting to miss those green leafy trees and humidity. I just be an easy trip back for towing as we should have a tail wind and it will be down hill. I should have one more update from Arches and that will wind up the trip.