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More evidence of the crazy/wonderful Lord of the Rings vegetation along the Riverside Walking Trail at Zion National Park.
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Some of the vegetation along the Riverside Walking Trail at Zion National Park, was just plain nutso. We’re talking Lord of the Rings stuff.
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More along the Riverside Walking Trail, Zion National Park, Utah
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Wolfed down some dehydrated breakfast skillet after setting up camp, and headed out on the 80 minute round-trip shuttle that takes you up along the main spots along Zion Canyon. Had two or three hours of sunlight left and thought I’d get off at the end and journey out on the Riverside Walking Trail.
Zion National Park, Utah
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Watchmen campsite where I set up for the night, Zion National Park, Utah
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Heading through the 1.1 mile Zion-Mt.Carmel tunnel and descending into Zion Canyon was unbelievable. Total National Park experience and just all-around impressive—both the landscape and the engineering that went into the building of the route. Wicked fun.
Thankfully there were two sites left at Watchmen campsite near the visitor’s center, and luck was on my side because I scored this beautie at the foot of a nice hill. Total seclusion and a great spot to cook dinner and transcribe stuff into the road journal as the sun set.
Zion National Park, Utah
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The small tunnel near the east entrance, Zion National Park, Utah. The designs left behind in the Navajo sandstone from the blasting they did in the 1900s to open this puppy up are incredible, almost extra-terrestrial-like.
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The small tunnel near the east entrance, Zion National Park, Utah
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The small tunnel near the east entrance, Zion National Park, Utah
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The small tunnel near the east entrance, Zion National Park, Utah
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Zion National Park, Utah
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Zion National Park, Utah
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When you enter Zion National park, the first thing you come up against is good ol’ Checkerboard Mesa, elevation 6670 feet, and named by one of Zion’s superintendents, Preston Patraw in about 1938. Prior to that time it was known as Rock Candy Mountain. There is some horizontal crossbedding in the sandstone, which arises from the way the sediments were laid down, and vertical grooves which result from jointing.
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HWY 9 near the East entrance for Zion NP in Utah
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HWY 9 near the East entrance for Zion NP in Utah
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