Bryce, chapter two and headed to Zion
Rain this morning but we went out and took photos anyway. Had to skip a couple areas because it was raining too hard. I'm not afraid of getting wet but I sure can't afford to have my camera get wet. The good news is that it cleared in the afternoon and we went back out and took shots of the other two areas, sunrise point and inspiration point.
An eighty mile drive over to Zion National Park ended with me snapping away and exclaiming "wow!" at each turn.
We had thought that with the close proximity of the two parks, they might look somewhat similar. We could not have been more wrong! Each stands on it's own and cannot even be compared.
The drive into Zion is probably my favorite part of it, but the huge cliffs that are each side of the winding road that goes down into the canyon are pretty spectacular! In order to go "up canyon" as they call it, you ride a free shuttle and can get off and on at any of the stops. There are no cars allowed in that area unless you are staying at the lodge which is one of the first shuttle stops. The cliffs are some of the largest sandstone cliffs in the world. There would be no place for parking all the cars of the tourists who want to view the cliffs, without ruining the magnificence of the area. The shuttles are ultra efficient and quite a pleasure to ride. Almost no wait when we were ready to move on the next area.
Zion gave us a pretty sunset on our last night and a beautiful sunrise to send us off to the Grand Canyon.
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