All Aboard the Zion Bus

Tuesday, June 2 – Zion banned cars in the heart of the park beginning back in 2000, so you have to take a bus up the canyon to see it. The bus actually worked out really well, except that on the way back Boy Scout Troup 90 ended up taking over the bus. It was the 2 of us, a German couple, and a bunch of 12-year-old boys and their worn down shaperones. The tweens argued - loudly - for about 20 minutes about which game was the best Wii game of all time. Grrrreat.

They say that Zion is the most “traditional” national park in Utah, which seems to be true. The rock formations are gorgeous, and there are a bunch of hikes for all levels in the canyon. We did two of the easy ones: the first was Riverside walk, which takes you along the Virgin River. Serious hikers actually hike THROUGH the river, where it sometimes gets up to shoulder deep. Maybe next time…






The second was Weeping Rock, where water seeps through the layers of soft sandstone on the top, and then comes seeping out the sides of the cliff when it hits the harder shale underneath. It makes it seem like it is raining from the rocks, and it is like a hanging rain forest.