Zion National Park
We set out from Panguitch to visit Zion National
Park. Rained on us the whole 70 miles
down there and then in the park, it was overcast. Same problems we have had in every other
national park this summer: too many
people, not enough parking, no control over numbers or parking. On a sunny day this park is stunning but as
you can see from my photos, dull, dull, dull when the day is gray.
There is a very interesting tunnel which you traverse to
enter the park from the east. It was completed in 1930
and it’s 1.1 miles long through a mountain. One of the rangers told me that two teams
started at opposite sides and when they met, they were only four inches
off. Remarkable. No GPS, no computers, only really good engineering.
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| Can you find the entrance to the tunnel? |
Bryce Canyon National Park
Okay, one more national park the next day, Bryce
Canyon. And it somewhat restored my
dwindling faith in the park system.
Bryce Canyon is beautiful and well managed. There were open parking spaces every place we
stopped to admire the view and we saw only two huge tour buses during the two
hours or so we were in the park. They
police the parking lots and have NO PARKING signs posted with an icon of a
wrecker towing a car to encourage people to comply.
It's roughly 8,000 feet at the end of the road into Bryce Canyon. There is a straight drop for thousands of feet at nearly all the outlook points; seems like you wouldn't really need this sign but the addition of the lightning information is useful.
It's roughly 8,000 feet at the end of the road into Bryce Canyon. There is a straight drop for thousands of feet at nearly all the outlook points; seems like you wouldn't really need this sign but the addition of the lightning information is useful.
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