Last week we took a trip to Zion National Park and Las Vegas. Zion is located in southern Utah and about a 2.5 hour drive from Vegas. We spent three days in Zion hiking and our last two days in Vegas for a little R and R. I had been to Zion in my drive across country in grad school. (After finishing up my summer internship in Hawaii, I joined another classmate of mine who worked in southern CA to drive back). Greg had wanted to go for a while and I was happy to return. It really is a beautiful area.
We started off our first day a bit jet lagged and tired, so we did a short three mile hike to get ourselves warmed up. The next day we were ambitious and decided to do a 14 mile hike in Kolob Canyon to what they claim to be the world's largest free standing arch. It was a long hike and were were very tired at the end of the day. The last day, we did a great five mile hike up to the top of a ridge overlooking Zion. It was a rough last .5 mile with chains to help you up a very steep incline on a very narrow path, but the view was spectacular as you can tell from the photo above.
After our hiking, we headed back to Vegas and stayed at the Venetian hotel. We spent the days by the pool and went to a Penn and Teller show. All in all a great trip!
The arch at Kolob Canyon
Another view of Zion from the ridge
We started off our first day a bit jet lagged and tired, so we did a short three mile hike to get ourselves warmed up. The next day we were ambitious and decided to do a 14 mile hike in Kolob Canyon to what they claim to be the world's largest free standing arch. It was a long hike and were were very tired at the end of the day. The last day, we did a great five mile hike up to the top of a ridge overlooking Zion. It was a rough last .5 mile with chains to help you up a very steep incline on a very narrow path, but the view was spectacular as you can tell from the photo above.
After our hiking, we headed back to Vegas and stayed at the Venetian hotel. We spent the days by the pool and went to a Penn and Teller show. All in all a great trip!
The arch at Kolob Canyon
Another view of Zion from the ridge
1 comment:
Wow! this is my favorite place on earth except maybe paris. I know I was busy last week but so wish I could have met you there. Breathtaking. glad you had fun.
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