Zion National Park

We took a trip to Zion National Park. It was so awesome!

We couldn't drive into the park, so we had to take a shuttle. They use the shuttle to reduce traffic in the park. The shuttle driver gives you information about the park as you ride. He also tells you what is at the stops, and what they are called.

Our first stop had a gift shop and museum. I bought a cool water bottle, but it broke during one of our stops. :(

Stop #2 had a river running through the canyon with a man-made waterfall. That's where I'm sitting in this picture.

Zion National Park is a big canyon. There are sandstone cliffs that rise up as high as 3000 feet! The whole canyon is made of sedimentary rock. The rock is mostly white and red.

On one of the stops we took a hike to Lower Emerald Pool. There were two more emerald pools, Middle Emerald Pool, and Upper Emerald pool. We didn't hike to the higher pools because it was too far for everyone to make it. We hiked over a mile round-trip.

At the Lower Emerald Pool there was a waterfall. The water falling down moved around so that if you stood still long enough, it would fall right on top of you! I got pretty wet, but it felt so good because it was pretty hot outside. ;D