We left Panguitch about 9am and by 10 am we were entering the boundary of Zion NP. We entered the park from the south and it wasn't long before we were on a 10 mile scenic and steep switchback road, which included the historic Zion-Mt Carmel Tunnel...an amazingly long tunnel built during the 1930's depression years.
Like the Bryce NP we had to use the shuttle bus system which makes 8 stops and the round trip takes 80 min without getting off, Buses arrive at each stop about every 5/7 minutes...its a very efficient method of handling the huge number of park visitors.At each stop there are a number of graded hikes you can do,maps handed out at the park entrance detail each walk.
We stopped at the Museum and saw a very interesting 22 min film on the history and geological formation of the park
Next was a 1 mile return walk to the Emerald pools after we had lunched at the Zion Lodge....burger and pizza slice..
We were very tired from the day before and found any more walking today in the 90 degree heat just too much, so we just took the shuttle bus to the last stop and then returned to the visitors center to pick up the car
We drove for another 2 hours to reach to nights stop in a town called Kanab....we have now positioned ourselves for the next big attraction the Grand Canyon...north rim..
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