After yesterday's traveling and hike, we got off to a slow start. The plan today was to hike up "The Narrows", which is a long hike up a running stream at the bottom of a gorge. We walked along the rocky creek bed for 3.5 hours, getting our boots saturated as water level at many parts was over out knees, and at one point up to chest level! We had to hold our packs over out head to keep them dry. While the water was cool initially, we soon got used to it and it wa...

The desert areas are known for their hot days and cold nights, and last night we weren't disappointed. Yep, it was cold. Packed up and out of the park at 7.30, we headed to our next destination, Zion NP. Zion is also surrounded by towering rocky Mountains that display many millions of years geological changes through their colorful strata layers. Temperature today was over 40degreesC so after finding a lovely campsite beside the river, decided to explore the v...