Day 20 - (08/29) Springdale, UT

Our plan to get up and sight see early really paid off. It was 101° at noon today when we finished our Zion Canyon hikes.

We took a shuttle bus to the farthest stop on the route (at Temple of Sinawava), then took the 2 mile Riverside Walk to where the path ends in a true “river walk”. See proof below.

The canyon narrows as the path follows the Virgin River

This is what we saw at the end of the path

Hmm, should we get wet?

This is where we decided to turn back

OK, I'm coming back

Others will see the canyon narrow to 20ft up ahead

We sloshed back from the Narrows and finished our hike at Weeping Rock. In case you didn't know, wet shoes are REALLY heavy.

View from Weeping Rock

Carol under the Weeping Rock overhang. It's "crying" all around her.

FYI:

There are fires to the northwest. Dark smoke clouds moved over the park late this afternoon. We're assured there's no risk here.

Interesting Sight:

This Bavarian camping tour bus was parked near us. The front half had standard tour bus seats, the back half had sleeping accommodations. Cooking accessories were in storage compartments below. Carol went to say hello and discovered everyone spoke German. Their conversation was pretty short.