Zion National Park

I gotta say - Zion National Park is nice. But I still liked Bryce better. It was hot, hot, hot - 98 or so degrees. In Zion, you are in the bottom of the canyons looking up. In Canyonlands, you are at the top looking down. You have to take the shuttle in Zion, no driving - which is fine with us. Yesterday we walked to the Narrows; after you reach the Narrows where canyons come together the rocky creek is the trail - we decided not to do that. We reached our goal of seeing all five southern Utah national parks - are we spoiled are what? We are in Kanab, UT tonight - we decided we needed air conditioning and showers. Heading to the north rim of the Grand Canyon tomorrow. Oh yea, stopped at Pipe Spring National Monument on our drive today. It was a Mormon church settlement; they talked about how it affected the Paiute Indians. We are in the remote part of Utah where polygamists settled when polygamy was outlawed so Utah could become a state. Pretty sure I saw some sister wives at the grocery today - I am NOT joking.
Comments from Eldon: I liked Zion a lot - I would have liked it better with more shade or less sun. You don't get much shade from 4 foot trees. I liked the tranquility of dry camping, but tonight I am enjoying the luxury of air conditioning and TV, even with the outside traffic. More mule deer all over - its getting to the point I don't need any more pictures. The view from the bottom of a canyon is different from what we have been seeing. Not sure I like it better. For me, Mesa Verde is still my favorite national park of the trip. We drove through off-shoot LDS country today - Cindy & I tried to guess which homes were polygamists by their size. In Kanab where we are tonight, it is famous for its stables of Hollywod horses. Trigger, Silver, and Scout all lived here during filming of Roy Rogers and The Lone Ranger. How cool is that? Still feel like I'm riding in a Western.
Comments from Harry: They made me ride up front again today because Cindy was afraid I'd get heat stroke. I have seen so many deer at campgrounds, I don't really care anymore. The babies are cute though. Met a nice woman from Toronto last night who had to pet me, but I liked the little girl from France the night before better. Oui, Oui.