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Zions

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 We need to go back and do the things we didn't have time or were prepared to do.  David was sick the whole time, poor guy.  He's a good sport and pushes through anyway.  We hiked a good 6 miles each day so we were pretty tired, but definitely needed another day, at least. our first hike was to the emerald pools.  we got to hike behind waterfalls we took the shuttle all the way to the end at Temple of Sinawava.  Someday we'll go back and hike the narrows through the water.  It was pretty! we hiked down to the next stop so we could see things on our way these falls had the most updated path, like a porch in someone's home This is my favorite although it came out really narrow Angels landing is the narrow part in between that we think we want to do someday We came back and had lunch about 3! We drove through the part we could drive through after that such interesting landscapes We stopped to see the Cedar City temple after we got back to town and then st...

Kolob Canyon

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 On the northern end of Zions is Kolob Canyon.  We spent the first full day in that area and then met up with Mick Batt for dinner that night (no photo) Timber Creek Overlook After the overlook we tried to find a place to eat our packed lunch, but it got busy.  We waited at the Taylor Creek trailhead for someone to come out and ate our lunch there before hiking the trail. ice in the creek there were a couple of old cabins along the trail lots of ups and downs and 40+ creek crossings one way! This was where we turned around, although we found out later we could have gone further.  This was a cave created by wind and water.  We had a snack and headed back. ice at the bottom of the cave it was chilly, but good for hiking We went for a drive before it got dark and met Mick for dinner cool landscapes and lots of deer