Zion - Nick

10/1/17

Valley of Fire

Yesterday we packed up the camper in the morning and started driving to our next site. We stopped on the way at Valley of Fire State Park. We did a short hike there and the rocks were really cool. It looked like someone ran a giant paint brush over all of it. There were red, purple, white, orange, and all sorts of other colors. After the hike we kept driving to our next site. We stopped at a Walmart to do some shopping. It took a really long time. When we were done we finished the drive. We were looking for a spot but we popped a tire so we decided to stay where we were.

Valley of Fire

10/2/17

Yesterday we cleaned the camper until lunch time. Then we ate lunch and drove to our next site. It was a two hour drive. When we got to our site I rode my bike for a while. When I got back Dad and I started working on my bike motor, which I got for my birthday. I got 5 steps in. Next we ate dinner and watched a movie.

10/3/17

Yesterday Dad and I went into town to get new tires for the truck because the ones we had were really old. It took forever. We had to sit in the waiting room for 4 hours. When we got back to the camper we ate lunch. Then we went to the Visitor’s Center for the area we’re in. We are kind of in the desert. They had some live animals in the Visitor’s Center. Two snakes, two turtles, one huge spider, a giant lizard called a Gila Monster, and a scorpion. We also went on a small hike and saw a few little lizards. When we got back to the camper we ate dinner and played a card game called Hearts.

Zion National Park

10/4/17

Yesterday we went to Zion National Park in the morning and went to the Visitor’s Center. There wasn’t much to see there so we went on a short hike. The hike looked over some pretty canyons and rock formations. After the hike we went to the Zion Museum. We went to a Ranger talk at the museum. It was about the geology of Zion. Then we came back to the camper and Mom went to a laundromat. Dad and I worked on my bike motor. We got pretty far. When Mom got back we ate dinner and played hearts.

10/5/17

Yesterday we went back to Zion and did another hike. The hike we did was really cool. There was no trail, and you just hiked in a river. It was the Virgin River. The river was in the bottom of a really narrow, deep canyon. The hike was called the Narrows. At one point the canyon was only about 15 feet wide. The water we were walking in was freezing. You were about knee deep in water most of the time. In the beginning you were cold but then your legs went numb and you couldn’t feel anything. When we were done with the Narrows hike, we drove to our campsite, ate dinner, and went to bed.

Hiking in the Narrows at Zion

The Virgin River in the Narrows

10/6/17

Yesterday we started driving to our next site. We dropped our camper when we were about half way through the drive. Then, with just the truck, we did a really pretty drive through Zion. There were views of the sandstone cliffs, and there was a mile long tunnel that was really cool. When it was built it was the longest tunnel in the world. Then we got our camper, picked out a site, and had dinner.