Zion National Park, Utah, 2006

We have been touring Zion National Park, which is big, about 146,000 acres of wilderness, impossible to see in just a few days. Pictures cannot convey the scale of the canyons and rock formations here, mostly sandstones and shales laid down by an ancient ocean, and then carved by wind and water.

We had rain today, making for unique photo opportunities not experienced by the usual 2.5 million visitors to this park who mostly come in the summer. Serge put our 4wheel drive rental car to good use driving madly up and down muddy roads, we both got wet taking pictures, and would have driven up to another section of the park if the clouds weren't so low. Utah peaks, on average, are the tallest in the country. The average elevation of the tallest peaks in each of Utah's counties is 11,222 ft.!

Utah is much more than just a Mormon and polygamist outpost. I'll leave you with this:

Of the 50 states, Utah has one of the largest concentrations of computer software firms; one of the four larger concentrations of biomedical firms; the youngest population; one of the highest birth rates; the second lowest death rate; the healthiest population; the highest literacy rate; the highest percentage of high school graduates; and the highest number of people with a college education.

Now if we can just get the state into wine it would be perfect.

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light at the end of the tunnel 1

light at the end of the tunnel 1a

light at the end of the tunnel 1b

light at the end of the tunnel 1c

light at the end of the tunnel 2

road less traveled - Zion

road less traveled 1 - Zion

road to Kanab 1

road to Kanab 2

road to Kanab 3

road to Kanab 4

road to Kanab 5

road to Kanab

road to Zion 1

road to Zion 1a

road to Zion

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