This has been a day of contrasts. We started off in Hurricane and went up the I15 to Zion-Kolob, the northern part of the park. It was far quieter there and we decided on a couple of hikes. The first was to the Timber Creek Overlook Trail which was quite short and we had a good view of the northern mountains.
The second was the Taylor Creek Middle trail which passed through the canyon, crossing the wash literally about 40 times to end up at the Double Arch Alcove.
Phil, I bet you can't guess what we saw at the end? See below, can you guess what it is?? Andrew was quite scared but I got quite close to it to take photos!
We then motored back to Vegas. We went down the Strip which was quite hair-raising with all the traffic. We tried various hotels but they were all in the $300+ bracket. Then we saw a Motel 8 opposite the Mandalay Bay. It was $70 per night and suits us very well! If we don't make it back you'll know why it was so cheap!
We had dinner at the Hard Rock Café outside on a balcony ,then we hit Caesar's Palace where we managed to spin out our meagre bets for about 20 mins on the Blackjack and roulette.
We catch the plane at 1530 and should be back Thu morning about 0930. It's been a great holiday with highlights of Glacier Point, the Mist trail and Nevada Falls, the Icebox and my favourite, the Narrows.
Timber Creek Overlook
The second was the Taylor Creek Middle trail which passed through the canyon, crossing the wash literally about 40 times to end up at the Double Arch Alcove.
Phil, I bet you can't guess what we saw at the end? See below, can you guess what it is?? Andrew was quite scared but I got quite close to it to take photos!
We then motored back to Vegas. We went down the Strip which was quite hair-raising with all the traffic. We tried various hotels but they were all in the $300+ bracket. Then we saw a Motel 8 opposite the Mandalay Bay. It was $70 per night and suits us very well! If we don't make it back you'll know why it was so cheap!
We had dinner at the Hard Rock Café outside on a balcony ,then we hit Caesar's Palace where we managed to spin out our meagre bets for about 20 mins on the Blackjack and roulette.
We catch the plane at 1530 and should be back Thu morning about 0930. It's been a great holiday with highlights of Glacier Point, the Mist trail and Nevada Falls, the Icebox and my favourite, the Narrows.
Timber Creek Overlook
Taylor Creek
The Double Arch Alcove
View out of Canyon
Phil, what's this?
A Tarantula Hawk!
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