October 21, 2015

2 Days in the River – Hiking the Zion Narrows

When our kids were 7 and 4, their grandparents took them on a vacation, allowing my husband and I to take a trip for ourselves.  Unlike sane people who would normally opt for a leisure week at a resort on the beach, my husband and I decided to hike the Narrows in Zion National Park. The Zion Narrows is a 16 mile hike in Zion Canyon within Zion National Park in Utah. The Narrows was formed from years of erosion by the river, carving its way through the stone. There is no trail on this hike because the river…