Utah - Zion and Red Canyon

We had planned on sleeping in a cheap hotel in Vegas for the night. But with all the car sickness we'd experienced, and knowing that the drive in the morning would be twisting and turning from through Arizona and on to St. George, Utah, we decided to go ahead and push on so that when Sy woke up he didn't have to do winding roads. 

We ended up setting up the tent on BLM land just outside Zion National Park. 

In the morning we noticed that while we set up in a nice spot, directly across the road was a huge field of nice spots. Oh well! That's what happens when you tent camp Grubb-style and set up your tent in the middle of the night!

This photo of where we ate breakfast does not come close to portraying the true beauty of this scene. I'd love to come back during the afternoon to have different light!

We only spent a short bit of time in Zion seeing the north part that we hadn't seen last time we came. Since we have already seen the southern part of Zion, we headed straight to Red Canyon. Although, I must say, when we saw Zion the first time, we declared it the most beautiful place on earth and it's hard to skip it this time.

Road school! Journaling where we go, what we see and what we like.

Arch in Red Canyon