On 4/24/07, honemastert <honemastert@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Jim,
>
> Zion NP is not to be missed.. it's a sandstone version of
> Yosemite National Park.  You have to park and shuttle in, which
> sucks a bit, but its not too bad really.

Hoo boy, if you ever visited Zion BEFORE they did the shuttle system, you
know how much MORE that sucked. I remember waiting in a traffic jam going
up-canyon in the sweltering june heat in my dad's red and white loaf bus (no
AC, of course!). We finally got up to the Narrows parking lot at the end and
had to sit with our feet in the river for 20 minutes just to cool off enough
to hike the trail. And the smell of exhaust... blarf.

Do the "Angels Landing" hike, very cool..!

Always my favorite. I'm usually on the first morning shuttle and hiking up
in the pre-dawn dark.  Much cooler, and much more like actually being in
nature. After sun-up the trail starts filling with people.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"