Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Road Trip to Zion Day 1

Mary and I just returned form a fantastic road trip to Zion National Park. It's a fairly long drive so on the way out we spent the night at Cathedral Gorge State Park near Panaca, Nevada. The facilities there are great and the nearby rock formations are fascinating.

Unfortunately we arrived at dark and left early, so the lighting wasn't the best but we surely enjoyed the otherworldly scenery.

The caves just east of the campground are especially worth exploring.

From Cathedral Gorge we drove to Zion, arriving mid afternoon, and then set up camp. Sweet spot!

From camp we hiked up the relatively easy Watchman Trail to work the travel out of our legs.

The gentle climb and the amazing scenery cured us of our travel weariness.

 We hadn't anticipated the amazing fall colors! 



Of course the fine views delighted us too.

The towering Watchman is on the right.

Springdale in fall splendor.

Just amazing!

 Feeling revived and inspired we returned to camp for dinner and planned our next day's adventure.



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