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hiking in Zion

Posted on 27. Jun, 2009 by Scott D in Photo Coolness

We went for a hike in the Zion National Park today, and it was beautiful and hot.  We were told to start at the east entrance and work our way down into the park (and that was great advice, but it took a long time to get there,) and when we make it to the main park, it was packed.

By some sort of miracle, we got a great parking spot and took a park shuttle to the Emerald Pool trail head.  It was a 2.5 mile hike to 3 different pools of water and waterfalls.  Very fun, but it was a steep hike.  Madison hiked almost all of it without any help.  Two miles at age three!  When we got to the last pool of water, we took off our shoes and got in a bit.  It was very refreshing.  Madison loved looking for tadpoles, too.

When we got back to the trail head, there was a place to get ice cream and sit in the shade… thank God.

Zion was really great, but we wish we had more time to explore.