Just before we left Moab UT, Karol’s photo buddies, Jamie
and Phyllis joined us to go to the other photo locations and National
Parks. We rented a three bedroom house
in Kanab UT to serve as a base for visiting Zion, Bryce and other local photo
locations. Here is the house.
From our house in Kanab, we visited Bryce Canyon National
Park, Zion National Park, Wirepass / Buckskin Gulch,
the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and the White Pocket area of the Paria
Canyon. You can learn more about each
below:
·
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narrows_(Zion_National_Park)
·
http://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/thenarrows.htm
·
http://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/coral-pink/
My favorite was Zion, where we hiked the Narrows. The
Narrows is one of the most unusual hikes on the Colorado Plateau. Hiking is
done largely in the river as, for a third of the route, the river runs canyon
wall to canyon wall. The walls are vertical and sheer, and often red in color.
Water levels change from season to season; most hikers will wade at least
waist-deep and many will swim a few short sections.
We hiked the Narrows for about 1 ½ miles upstream, which
took about four hours round trip. This
included stopping for lunch and taking pictures. Of course, most of the hike was in the Virgin
River, which had a strong current in some places – so it was slower than you
would expect. Here is the canyon with
the river running through it.
At one point, Karol chose to stay close to the rocks to avoid the strong
current midstream.
We stopped for lunch and to take pictures in some of the few
dry spots…
Although sometimes there were no dry spots to set up a
tripod.
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