You may not have heard much about Zion National Park.  It is overshadowed by it’s bigger, more famous neighbor, the Grand Canyon which is wide and open and puts on a show for you in the changing light.

And it may seem a little staid next to it’s showy smaller neighbor, Bryce Canyon where hoodoos seem to dance and play with you and invite you in.

When you first arrive in Zion, you might even say, “How can I really see this park?”  This is a place of soaring, brooding walls… a park of hidden treasures.

As a kid exploring Zion National Park, what I remember is the winding road into the park, those towering cliffs around the lodge, and a walk under a big overhanging rock I was worried would fall on me.

I guess that rock is pretty stable because as an adult, I walked under that same rock, and my favorite new memory is a day hike in The Narrows. (more…)