Leaving Harmony Hills we headed to Utah to meet my friend Sarah Jane and a friend of hers for a backpacking trip in Zion National Park. Memorial day weekend and we have made no reservations... uh oh. It turn out even though we were not able to do the multi-day backpacking trip we had hoped for. We ended up doing an overnight trip up the East Rim Trail to Cable Mountain. Had a great time. It was our maiden backpacking trip and a great location to begin our backpacking future. Seeing my friend Sarah Jane was awesome and she and Charly got along amazingly. We learned a lot about how to load our packs and what kind of things to bring along.
I have to admit when we first arrived in Zion I was disappointed. After being at the Grand Canyon it seemed to be lacking in grandeur. It didn't take my breath away. However as we hiked and camped my appreciation grew. Zion has so much to offer such as climbing, hiking, camping, and sight seeing. You can approach the park in multiple ways and have a good variety of activities to choose from. Once we started hiking through the different areas of the canyon I found the lack of grandeur replaced by the intimate beauty of slot canyons and massive sandstone walls.
Zion National Park in Utah
The hiking crew
Shiny Canyon
Sandstone monoliths abound
Polygamy Porter, a delicious porter... why have just one
Backpacking trip
Sarah Jane lifts a boulder
Super hikers
Charly shows us what it would look like if she bit the head off of a chipmunk
Morgan and Josh catch some shade
Morgan
Charly and Sarah Jane posing
Backpacking up the East Rim Trail
Today's hike is behind us... Angels Landing.
Sarah Jane if front of Angels Landing
Walter's Wiggles take you up
Yep we started way down there
We made it to the top!
We are crazy kids. A lady walked by and told us we were giving our mother's a heart attack.
Charly at Kolab
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