Day 44 - April 29, 2008

We got an early start on the day as we had tickets for the Ranger Guided Shuttle ride at 9:00 am. We are about an hour away from the Visitor's Center so we left our campground at 7:10. That has been the first day we had to use an alarm clock. I'm sorry if all you working folks are offended by us having to use an alarm clock but I'm sure your day will come when you can stay up late and sleep in.

After our Ranger guided shuttle ride by hiked the Weeping Rock Trail. Amazingly we ran into our French Canadian friends we met on a trail at Bryce Canyon National Park. After lunch at the Lodge we hiked a bit and then caught the Ranger Museum talk. Then it was more hiking till we went on a Ranger guided hike. That was the killer. It was 2.7 miles with quite a rise in elevation. Frank did it with no problem but I had difficulties.

We had told our French Canadian friends we would visit them at their camp site and exchange email addresses. What we thought would be a quick visit ended up being an 1 1/2 visit. Of course, it helped when they offered us a beer after that grueling hike. We headed back to our camp site and didn't get back till 9:30. I was praying along the way a deer would not jump out in front of us but all we saw were 3 jack rabbits.

I hope you enjoy the attached pictures. Zion is truly a magical place and again my wish is that each of you can see the majesty of our wonderful country in Zion National Park.