Morning sunrise from our campsite. Just takes my breath away.
Wanting to capture the gorgeous light in this canyon, I took an early morning bike ride along the Pa’rus Trail. Here’s the Virgin River that runs thru the park.
There’s lots of yellow bushes along the valley floor. Looks so beautiful against the red sandstone of the mountains.
We decided our big outing of the day was to ride from our campsite up to the Narrows. It was about a 17 mile round trip bike ride with a long slow climb up. We’ve taken the bus up to the Narrows many, many times before, but never rode. It was amazing! You really feel the height and grandeur of these rocks taking this route.
Compared to the Grand Canyon this was a much easier ride, but equally beautiful! Riding the rim trail of the Grand Canyon you are always looking out and across to the expansive view. Riding in Zion you are at the bottom of the canyon enveloped by these sheer red walls. What an incredible experience.
After the ride up and then taking the short 2 mile round trip walk to the narrows, it felt great to take a lunch break along the river.
OMG - the bike ride back! So worth it flying down the canyon.
The rest of the day we just tootled around town and the campground on our bikes. I think I did about 25 miles biking today.
