Zion National Park - Con't

Day 4

Today was back to Zion National Park.  We picked up where we left off yesterday.. we took the shuttle and got off at Stop 6 - The Grotto. Basically, a large picnic area, but so nice.  Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures of the picnic area.  I was so focused on the cotton floating down from the Cottonwood trees.  I grew up in Iowa with Cottonwood trees, and seeing them was very nostalgic.  You can see the cotton in this picture that was taken at the Grotto. The white spots are the cotton.

Then we went to Stop 7 - Weeping Wall.  We took the little hike (1/4 mile) up to the Weeping Wall.
My pictures came out pretty horrible.  I guess that happens when you are learning to use a new camera and it isn't a point-and-shoot!  Oh, well.. it was cool. The water just drips out of the wall, and the wall is like a hanging garden.

Next, Stop 8 - Big Bend.  Here you get a good view of The Great White Throne and Angels Landing.  Great White Throne is the whitish peak in the background.

Next, Stop 9 - Temple of Sinawava.  There are 3 hikes that start from here, but 2 of them are considered very strenuous.  We are definitely not up to that yet.  The third hike the River Walk.  It was basically a paved trail along the river.  It was really nice, but it was about 1 mile each way, and we ended up going only half way, and then turning back.  It was about 90 degrees out, and we were all still sore and tired from yesterday, and decided we'd seen enough. It was beautiful, though.

We walked down to the river.

And then we walked back up, and there was this deer. Everyone was trying to take pictures of him grazing.  I got my camera ready to take a picture and all of the sudden he came running right at me.  I guess he wanted on the other side of the road.

Tonight, we once again sat outside and enjoyed our campfire.  Tomorrow, we leave for Bryce Canyon.

RV and Camper Info

The RV park was really nice.  Our site was a pull through, not far from the entrance.  There were some really nice pull-in sites at the 'bottom' of the campground that were right on the river bank.  But our site was decent size, for a private campground in a tourist area.  We had plenty of room to put out our patio mat.  The site had a picnic table, BBQ and fire pit.  Since we were on an end site, we also had a grassy area on the other side of the RV.  We had full hookups (30 amps).

The bathrooms and showers were clean.  They give tokens for the showers - 1 token per person per day.  The token is for a 6 minute shower.  Military showers, anyone?

Both my Sprint hot spot and my Verizon phone worked ok.  Not fantastic, but ok.  I was able to connect and work in the mornings with no problem, but by evening, when probably the entire campground was online, it was awfully slow.  The campground also has free WiFi, but I only tried connecting in the evening, and couldn't get connected.

There was no designated dog park, or dog run.  I would have liked that, not that Mari (my crazy little dog) would go into a dog park if any other dog were there, but its always nice to have a designated place to walk your dog.  We were lucky since we had the grassy area right next to us, though.