Bryce Canyon National Park - Zion National Park - Page

 

Quality Inn Lake Powell

First stop today is ZION NATIONAL PARK with its landscape carved over millions of years by rushing streams. Steep canyons, stone towers, and verdant vegetation form the scenery of Zion. Then, head east into Page on the shores of Lake Powell, originally built to house workers during the construction of the massive Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back the waters of 186-mile-long Lake Powell.

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Quite cold, weather clear not a cloud in the sky out for our walk at 7. a.m. on [Saturday, 6 September]

A rock shop opposite our Hotel

Good drive stopped for  Morning Tea.     Enjoyed watching Humming Birds drinking from a fountain.

Humming Birds

 

Humming Birds 

Golf Course across the road, brought some nice nectarines 2 for $1.00.
 

Moved on into Zion National Park had to wait at tunnel as it is one way and a mile long.     There is also holes on the one side as a window so that you can see the formation of the rock as you travel through.

Tunnel

 

Zion

Zig Zag our way to the bottom of the Canyon.        Hugh rock formations went for a long walk along the stream both sides very high formation.    It was very cool and saw lots of squirrel's on the way.   We saw a young deer eating leaves off the trees close by.

 

Young Deer

No cars are allowed in to the Park and free Shuttle Buses go every 10 minutes right round.     As the tunnel is the only way in we returned through the tunnel.

Shuttle Buses

 

Rock in Zion National Park



 

Bill at the commencement of the Walk Way

Bill on our Walk

Bill and Margaret on the Walk

Rock formation

Squirrel on our Walk

 

Scenes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed in Zion Park.

Went on to Kanab for afternoon tea, several Westerns and TV programmes were filmed in this area as well.

  

K for Kenab

Taken from the Bus

Taken from the Bus



At this stage we drove into Arizona and had to put our clocks back one hour.

  

 

Lake Powell

Flood Gates from  the Boat

 

We continued on to Glen Canyon Dam and caught a boat for a 90 minute cruise of the Antelope Canyon.   Our cruise took us up narrow passage ways.    It was a very relaxing cruise.
 

We were then collected at 6.15 p.m. and taken to our hotel.