Zion

November 4, 2010
Zion National Park, Utah

Even though it's only a few miles between Bryce and Zion, the rock formations, colors and types are very different.

We entered Zion through the East entrance and had to stop a few times for construction. The road is very narrow, even without the narrowed lanes for the construction equipment and switches back and forth to the floor of the canyon a lot---wish we had counted the switchbacks.

Then there is the tunnel....very long, with curves and a couple of "windows" that just let you catch glimpses of the scenes outside. The middle photo has a view of the mountain that you go through---see that oval hole? That's a huge window.

One of the neat things about Zion is that the rocks are more striated and often you can see four or five colored layers.

Again, a beautiful day with warm temps in the afternoon.

We're heading north tomorrow.  Not sure yet exactly where we are planning to stop, so we might not have a post for a day or two.

I just realized that Bob had used another camera for some shots at Bryce, so I will probably post them later, since I want a shower and we need to get on the road!