Zion National Park  May 4 - 7, 2007

           

Utah Highway 9 approaching Springdale, UT                                                                    The Lodge at Zion National Park  

    

Views from the Lodge.  Angels Landing on the right
 

           

Lodging at Zion.  Comfortable rooms with out TV                                                A Wild Tom Turkey in the early morning.             

           

Another Tom prancing around the hens.                                                Court of the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob)

            

The Virgin River runs 200 miles from Navajo Lake, Utah to the Colorado River near Lake Mead.

The riverbed is steep, dropping an average of 70 feet per mile

          

The Canyons cut by the Virgin River                                                             The cliffs near Emerald Pools

       

How the Canyon was formed.  (A tour with a Ranger)                                                  More spectacular scenery along the trails.

 

 

 

 

 

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Mule Deer, Lizards and Ravins are among the many species of wildlife found in Zion National Park.

            

Richard & Marion at Weeping Rock

(Geologists estimate that the water flowing out of the rock started it's journey about 2,500 years ago)

Checkerboard Mesa (6670 ft) is on the east side of the park along UT Highway 9

Through the mile long Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TUNNEL

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