Hiking through Zion National Park on a warm, gorgeous day made the park seem even more glorious. High, steep, red earthen cliffs wind their way around streams and rivers. The park itself is well run with shuttles taking hikers and tourists to different stops. This allows you to view the wondrous beauty before you even begin to hike. Each hike is rated for difficulty allowing families to choose which trail is best suited for them.
Leaving Zion in a RV takes a little more planning. We wanted to head North but the only way out was through a long, narrow tunnel that can accommodate an RV going one way. After paying a small fee they shut down the tunnel on either side and we were the only vehicle to sail through it. We felt quite important!
On the way to the next camping spot we took notice of buffalo roaming the fields. The boys jumped out of the RV eager to see one close up. After our trip I heard Tyler,(5), tell someone that he was smarter than the other boys because he took off his red sweater when he saw the buffalo. Tyler got mixed up between buffalo and bulls. I looked at the pictures again and sure enough the red sweater was laying on the ground. Tyler thought he'll let his brothers get charged but not him!
Outside of Zion we headed to an RV park and there we met up with our brother and sister-in-law and their five children. With their family living more than 30 hours from us, we hardly get to see them so this was a joyful reunion for all of us. Our kids took to their cousins right away even though it had been a long time since we've seen them. We looked forward to the next few days of camping and hiking with them.
Here we found a free camp site with gorgeous scenery all around us. You can see our two RVs in the middle of the picture, side by side.
The group (minus myself and Caleb) started climbing the nearby mountain. We were already 7,000 feet and they climbed another 1,000 feet.
Way down there you can see the two RVs again. That was one exhilarating hike!
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