Trip To Zions National Park And Bryce Canyon

We started on our trip to Zions. We had a lot of fun other than the park we stayed at must have been a (no offense intended) senior campground. Every time we turned around we were in trouble. The first night we had to stay in a handicap campground being the only spot at 10:00p.m. on a wed. night. We had permission to camp there only if we moved to a different site in the morning. We called before hand and they said they never fill up on Wed. Go figure. The rules being only 6 people to a campground the Cannon family were already in trouble for having 8 people in their family. Luckily, they decided to let that one slide. Next we were in trouble for having our tents touch a little portion of the vegetation. So we complied and moved and setup our tent for the 3rd time. Next we were in trouble for our kids singing camp songs at 8:30p.m. I thought all quiet time started at 10:00p.m. When we asked the manager when would be a good quiet time for the next night he laughed and didn't seem to happy that we would be staying another night. Claiming he has never talked to a group as much as ours. I think the so called nice lady next door was secretly telling on us. Next we were in trouble for the kids catching lizards. The manager came by and said, "I have heard from several people that you guys have lizards and I just want to warn you of the hefty fine if you take them out of the park".

All in all we had fun and the trails were beautiful. I look back and laugh at all the things we were in trouble for.





Standing under the Weeping Rock.





The kids found this beautiful butterfly that they were able to hold for a long time.










On our last day we decided to drive up to Bryce Canyon. The Prices needed to leave for home so it was just us and the Cannons. When we got there we realized that we could not see Bryce Canyon in just a couple of hours. So we decided to get a hotel at Ruby's Inn. (Thanks to my cousin Luciene for getting us a room there on short notice. Her husband is a descendant of Ruby Syrett). I am so glad we stayed an extra day. The look outs in the car just don't give this canyon justice. I highly recommend hiking. Our favorite trail is the Navajo trail. Which are the pictures below. In person it was just amazing. I have never seen anything so majestic and beautiful.









This picture is looking down in between the hoodoos on the trail we were on.



This picture is looking back the trail we were going down.




This tree grew in between these high hoodoos.



The kids demonstrated how big this tree was.









Thank you to our friends for talking us (meaning Kent. LOL!!! ) into going.