November 7, 2020

Zion was way fun! I love that this may be an every year thing now that we’ve done it two years in a row. Hiking in beauty with friends for 4 days is awesome! So many smiles, much laughter, and such beauty. I especially love the east side of Zion.

Day 1 - drive to the cabin and quickly head out for a sunset hike to observation point. So pretty as the sun goes down. We chatted with a girl whose birthday is tomorrow. Hike back had the last mile in the dark. Way dark with awesome stars. Thankful for Sariah’s big light. 

Day 2 - we explored the main canyon since we thought ahead and reserved shuttle tickets. Hiked emerald pools. The upper pool was set in an alcove with way tall walls. We ate lunch on the rock pile. The middle “pool” was more of a puddle but it had such a cool reflection. Lower pool had awesome white and black stripes in the wall. It was fall in the canyon with yellow trees all over. So pretty. We saw the girl we saw last night at Observation Point.  We wished her a happy birthday.

We grabbed some ice cream before heading back to the cabin. We stopped at Canyon Overlook and did a quick Covid hike since there was a parking space. Amazing views. 

We also explored some more of the east side and spotted some big horn sheep! Wahoo! Then we ended the night with some game playing. 

Day 3 - long hike day to Deer Trap Mountain. This hike is a destination hike. Not amazing along the way but then you get such amazing views down into the canyon. The light this hike was awesome. There were clouds and then the sun would shine through, lighting the rocks. One time it lit up angels landing and some yellow trees behind it. So cool. We also saw where we hiked yesterday with the emerald pools. 

After our long hike we hit the hot tub at the resort. Ahh. 

More games and hanging out pretty much concluded our stay. 

Day 4 - drive home. We stopped for lunch at Ideal Dairy and my friends were kind enough to do a drive by and wave to my parents since there’s no covid visiting. 

What a wonderful time with friends in Zion.