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  • Springdale, UT – on the doorstep of Zion National Park🇺🇸

    Springdale, UT – on the doorstep of Zion National Park🇺🇸

    After landing in Las Vegas, we rented a car for the 3 hour drive to Southwest Utah. We arrived at a breathtaking place called Zion National Park, found at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions. We’ve here for the long Memorial Day weekend, filled with hiking, hiking, and more hiking. Oh and lots of people. Last year during this same weekend Zion saw 82,000 people! I guess you can say it’s the calm before the swarm (of people).

    I was curious as to what “Zion” means — and I found many answers: “highest point”, “utopia”, “holy place”, “Israel”, “heaven”.
    Our view just walking down the street!
    My son is with me on this trip because we are both hiking aficionados
    The honeysuckle! One of my favorite smells.💛
    Springdale, UT is charming, the resort is comfortable, and the Virgin River is out our back door. We had some really yummy rotisserie chicken for dinner from Camp Outpost (along with sweet potato hummus)

    Let the hiking begin!