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Thank you for visiting The Haley Hiatus, aka Travels with Barkley, where we're tracking our year-long 2010 travel adventure. We'll post pictures and journal entries as we travel the country by a wandering route from Pennsylvania to, ultimately, Alaska and back. If our trip captures your interest, please stop in occasionally to see what we're up to.

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Zion National Park, Utah

April 20, 2010: We walked several trails in Zion National Park. The park has a great shuttle bus system, with waits no longer than 10 minutes.

Our first stop was at the Court of the Patriarchs, with views of Abraham Peak, Isaac Peak, and Jacob Peak, however we don't recall which is which in the following picture. Wait a minute . . . . Holy cow! There's Bill's head!


The Virgin River:




The Lower, Middle, and Upper Emerald Pools Trails climb to three deep green pools in the park. We hardly noticed the Lower Emerald Pool, as we were entranced by the waterfalls.

On the Emerald Pools Trails:








Bill's head again!




The Lower Emerald Pool:




Zion Shooting Stars:


A cute little distant (ahem) relative of the Grand Canyon Cousins:




The Middle Emerald Pool:


Bill's hat:


The Upper Emerald Pool:








Gorgeous red flowers on the Grotto Trail:


Weeping Rock is a huge rock alcove with springs dripping all around so that when we stood against the back wall, it was like looking out through a shower. Unfortunately, our pictures of it did not turn out at all. Maidenhair ferns grew beautifully there.

Zion Shooting Stars on the Weeping Rock Trail:


April 21st, leaving Willowind RV Park in the rain:

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