Greg has convinced me to use the time for the state in which we are traveling so new DISCLAIMER: ALL TIMES WILL BE IN MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME (MDT).
53° and windy at 7:30. Greg rode his bike over to the South Campground at Zion to see if there was a vacant slip this morning. We packed up and went over there. We had electric and water at Watchman but no hook ups at South. That's ok for us. We rode our bikes about a mile up the rode to the Museum and caught the free shuttle that runs all through the park. It was about a 20 minute ride from the Zion Human History Museum to the Zion Lodge (several stops along the way). From Zion Lodge, we hiked the Lower Emerald Pool Trail, then the Middle pool trail, the upper pool trail and the Grotto trail back to the lodge. It may have been about 2.5 miles total, no more than an hour for us to do it. It was not a hard hike. There were TONS of people on these trails and by the pools. We rode the shuttle back to the museum; went inside (Greg bought me another hiking stick cos I really need 2) to look around. We rode back to the RV by 12:30 and ate lunch. I took a nap (surprise!) then we went for another hike later in the day. This hike started a short walk from our campsite (maybe 3/4 mile). The entire trail was 2.7 miles called the Watchman trail. It had over 350 feet in elevation. Once again, it was not a hard hike and it took us just over an hour. Back at the RV we chilled with some drinks and appetizers. Dinner was grilled T-bones, baked sweet potatoes, sauteed asparagus. Late night for me cos I was writing in the blog. Once in bed, heard the wind blowing all night.
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| Checking out the maps at Emerald Pools |
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| Waterfall at Lower Emerald Pool |
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| middle Emerald Pool |
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| Dona at Upper Emerald Pool |
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| Upper Emerald Pool |
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| waterfalls from upper emerald pools |
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| View from Watchman Trail |
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| At the view point at top of Watchman Trail |
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