Zion National Park - Day 7 & 8

Day 7 - We had seen most of the park on Friday and didn't really want to do too much driving. So we decided to go to the town on the other side of the park to do some shopping and sight seeing. The only way to get there was to drive through the park, so we took our time and stopped a few times for pictures and viewpoints.

Here is a view of the windy road. I'm not sure if the road was stained this color on purpose or naturally but we really like it.

To go through the park you have to go through two tunnels that have been carved into the rock. This one was small but the second one is over a mile long. It's pretty impressive and really dark!

We did a short hike to a viewpoint of the canyon and luckily someone else was there to take our picture. It was a pretty impressive view.

Here's the view without us in the way. You can see the road cutting across the bottom of the canyon.


There were some really cool rock formations on the way.

We also found a ghost town to visit. The is the town of Grafton, an early Mormon settlement. It was established in 1859 but abandoned due to Native American attacks. The house on the right was lived in until the 40s or 50s by one descendant.

We also found this little gem, called Heritage House. Unfortunately, it was closed but it was a nice little house to look out from the outside.

Day 8 - We drove home on Sunday morning and got an early start. Again we had to drive through the Park to get onto the 15. As we were driving, the car in front of us started to slow down. I started looking up at the rock and all of a sudden I saw this.

Not a bad way to end our trip especially when this little guy showed up. We had an amazing time and took so many pictures, over 400! So it's been a challenge only choosing some of the best ones. We both can't wait for our next adventure.