Zion National Park

From Las Vegas (SEE VEGAS BLOG BELOW) we decided to begin the homeward trek and headed east into Utah. Our destination was Zion National Park, which is located in the far SW corner of Utah. It was a quick 2.5 hour trip from Vegas to Hurricane, Utah and we found a decent campground 30 miles outside the park. We spent the first day getting the truck serviced, buying some much needed groceries, and catching up on our laundry at the campground. That night we made quick friends with our neighbor Tom from California and enjoyed hanging out with him and comparing road warrior stories.

The next morning we headed into Zion National Park. Zion is composed of 8 different brightly colored layers of rock that were deposited into the land some 200 million years ago. The park started as an ocean and then evolved into lake, river, stream, volcano, and then a dune filled desert. Over the years these layers have been eroded away by the Virgin River and led to the current cliff and canyon landscape of the park. Another attribute Zion is famous for is the 1.1 mile long tunnel that was cut out by hand in 1930. We spent the entire day touring and hiking thru Zion and were very impressed with the scenery.

-Cheggy