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Zion

Quick recap of our trip to Zion:

We decided against backcountry camping in Bryce as soon as we woke up because we had heard again that Zion’s campgrounds are hard to come by. We drove to Zion and snatched the last site in the park - a beautiful plot situated on a corner surrounded by two major roads. It was a wonder why no one had stolen this spot earlier.

We researched some great hikes but unfortunately a lot of the good ones in Zion are permit only and permits are hard to come by so we opted for 

one called Observation Point.

We met up with John and Elise again and decided to do the Narrows hike early in the morning, which was great because it was a lot less crowded. We had a fun adventure after hitting a point in the trail (which is the river) where we needed to swim in water up to our shoulders to continue. After a little debate, we decided to go for it and ended up seeing some amazing views down the river.

We hit another point where we were going to have to climb up a small waterfall surrounded by rocks with a narrow margin of error, but after meeting three other people on the trail who were adventure-seekers, we all worked together to keep going. I loved seeing that sense of camaraderie develop in such a short time-six people all connected by the will to see more.

Of course, we didn’t really see much more because about 100 feet down the river was another waterfall that required swimming in freezing cold water and climbing some slippery rocks. Our will to see more wasn’t THAT serious.

We stayed up late our last night in the park to check out the stars, which was totally worth it. Tomorrow we head to Colorado for our last stop on the trip!