Road Trip 2014: Day 6

We drove to Zion today. We thought about stopping at Canyonlands but when we realized it would add several hours to our drive, we said screw it. We left at 10 and arrived about 4 with a lunch stop at this funky tourist place. We checked out the pool at the Dessert Pearl Inn before hopping on a shuttle for the park. It was all very easy and we were walking up to Emerald Pool before we knew it. It was a short easyish hike but Elizabeth hates hiking almost as much as I do was not happy.  The thunder, light rain and lovely waterfalls could not persuade her to be happy.  Only when we returned to the visitor center did her energy return. We grabbed stuff for breakfast at park market and rented equipment for our trail tomorrow. The fact that the walk requires equipment kinda freaks me out.

The view most of the time on the drive today.

Trading post at Fort Zion.

Fake teepee.

Feeding livestock at fort.

Lunch. Blurry Photo courtesy of crazy cashier.

Fake saloon.

Fake Jail.

Swank pool. Hotel is swanky too.  Nice view behind rooms.

Waiting for shuttle.

Entering the park.

On the shuttle.

More shuttle.

Starting the hike.

Standing under waterfall.

Miranda is always a good sport on nature walks. She wanted to go up more when we turned around.

Elizabeth did not. This is how she looked most of the time.

Parker kept reaching for my hand to hold.

With our walking sticks to help us through the Narrows tomorrow. God help us all.