Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Day 10 - Salt Lake City to Zion NP

The Temple of Manti. (Are the worshipers therein known as "Praying Mantis" ???)


Departing the wonderful Flying M, after a great lunch. Note skies opening up...


Arrival at the fabled Zion...


The ominous mammatus clouds as we set up camp. They never delivered on their promise of rain though.


The nice folks who let us share their site in a full campground. They were driving around the country in their Bluebird camper/bus. They even gave us each a beer after we finished pitching our tents! True nobility.


Tim and the ranger discussing how to find the shuttle.


The graybeards in the Court of Patriarchs...


Looking out from the Weeping Wall.





As far as you can ride the shuttle and hike, sort of...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

these pics are great great GREAT!!!! i wish i had encouraged harder for don to go up big cottonwood canyon to eat a burger off the grill in the back of the old general store at brighton. i wish i had told don to look for the H burned into the side of the wasatch b/c my house used to be at the bottom of the right leg. rats.