Another Giant Hole : Utah Lotsa Parks, part 7

Day 7 (continued) & 8 – A Heathen Reaches Heaven

We left Bryce that afternoon with promises to come back someday. Hopping on US-89 we made our way the 70 miles southwest to Zion’s east entrance. Coming into Zion my emotions were all over the place. I was excited to see another park, but not excited about how most of it was only accessible by shuttle. Also, the only lodging we could find was a tent site about 12 miles west of Zion in an RV park. All signs point to that this place is busybusybusy.

I had bragged for months about how I was going to climb up Angel’s Landing. In fact, that climb was probably the #1 reason Dan and I went on this trip–we saw it written up on some hiking blog over a year before and drooled all over the description ever since. Buuuuut, add in a total freak-out on an unexpected “scenic drive,” a heavy helping of high-wind jitters, and a dash of fish-out-of-flatlands syndrome and you’ve got nerves so bad that you cringe stepping out onto a 2nd story balcony.

Number 5!