Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Alphabet Soup
Well, we have reached the end of Alphabet Soup with the letter "z." Not an easy letter to come up with a place for , but there is Zion National Park. Located in southern Utah, this is a truly spectacular park if you like rocks and rivers -- which most everybody does.All the names in the area are biblical -- It's a Mormon thing. They thought this particular area so beautiful that is was the North American Zion.
A couple of years ago (we've been there numerous times) I was taking a short walk thorugh the park with my wife and my extended family. As we walked along there was a curious sound from just off the trail in the tall grass, I recognized it but said nothing. After we travelled 20 feet or so, it stopped.My wife commented on what an unusual bird it must have been,. I said nothing for another 20 feet, then informed her it had been a rattlesnake. I was grateful I did not start a stampede.
These arches that erode out of the rock are fascinating. They also are the source for the arches so famous in Arches National Park located a hundred miles or so up river still in Utah.Zion, as all the near the Grand Canyon parks, is quite crowded in the summer (and HOT!), but in the off season, it is a great place, you feel especially coddled and nestled in the depths of the canyon - A recommended stop!
Related Tags: Zion National Park, travel, rocks, rivers
