Hiking The Narrows
We finally made it! After 2 weekends of rain and cold, this weekend was beautiful so we drove up and hiked in the river. Doug and I,Brad and Stephanie,and Justin (Jessica's husband). We hiked about 6 miles total. We would have gone farther, but we needed to get back down the river before dark. The water wasn't too high. It only went up to our thighs a couple of times. It is so beautiful in there. Pictures don't do it justice. We rented neoprene socks this time and it kept our feet nice and toasty.(except Brad and I each had a tiny hole in one of ours and so that foot was cold)The water was 54 degrees. When we were in the shade and the wind was blowing, it was a little chilly. We saw a pretty 110 foot waterfall. Around every corner was something awesome to see. About 10 minutes from the end of our hike, Justin climbed up into some alcoves to get a cool picture and he fell in crossing back over.We all had a great time, and are planning on going again. I love having such a beautiful place only an hours drive from our house. Today, Brad,Stephanie,MaKayla , and Justin went back and are climbing Angels Landing, so check their blogs soon for that. I know this is a lot of pictures, but I couldn't decide which ones of the 60 I took to put on here....
Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!!!
We have had reservations for 6 months to stay in Zion and hike the Narrows. We were very excited about doing this again. Doug and I went a few years ago and couldn't wait to go.Well, as luck would have it...it rained for 24 hours straight. (Zion got over 1 inch of rain on Saturday.) We decided we couldn't go in the Narrows because of the high Flash Food Warnings,but we still took the trailer and camped in the Zion Campground. Brad and Stephanie and baby Emily came with us. Even though it was raining we ventured out. Brad strapped Emily onto his back and away we went. We managed to go on a couple of cool hikes. As you can see from the pictures, everything (including us) was soaking wet, but I think it was the greenest and most beautiful I have seen it. The clouds were so low down on the mountains. It is such an awesome place. We hated leaving this morning because the sky was so blue and the air so crisp and clean. We're hoping to go in a couple of weeks and try again.
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