Category Archives: Going South, 2011

There was a wicked storm last night, sometime around midnight.  It rained a bit and there was some thunder, but mostly it was just a lot of wind.  When we awoke this morning the sky was still partly overcast, but … Continue reading →

It was nice when we left Zion National Park early this morning.  We drove up the steep and sharp switchbacks to the Mt. Carmel tunnel, and waited about five minutes for our turn to go through.  It is easy to … Continue reading →

Today is our last in Zion, so we travelled to the west side of the park and drove north on the Kolob Terrace Road.  This road climbs to the highest point in Zion National Park, the Lava Point observation area.  … Continue reading →

It was quite a bit cooler last night, the coldest it’s been since we got to Utah.  This morning we walked to the human history museum, about a kilometre north of the campground.  Along the way we saw a group … Continue reading →

We drove back to the Weeping Wall this morning.  We were about half an hour earlier than yesterday and got one of the last two parking spots.  We intended to walk up the short distance to the Weeping Wall itself, … Continue reading →

We drove north on the park road this morning.  It is the first day that the shuttles were not running, and it is easy to see why they are such an advantage.  There are very few parking spaces available.  I … Continue reading →

We weren’t in a great rush to leave this morning as the check-in time for our campsite was 12 am and we were only about 50 km away from Zion National Park.  We left just about 10:30 and were to … Continue reading →

Today is our last day in Hurricane.  This morning we did the laundry, and I washed the Tahoe.  After lunch we walked along the Virgin River trail.  We didn’t get too far because we soon came to a spot where … Continue reading →

We drove west today to Snow Canyon State Park.  We spent a great day hiking through the beautiful red sandstone canyons.  First we stopped at a short trail into Jenny’s Canyon, a very narrow slot canyon.  We then drove on … Continue reading →

We wanted to do some biking around Hurricane today, so we rode back up to the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve.  We didn’t get too far into the reserve though before the trail ended at a fence marked “No Trespassing” so … Continue reading →