7-21 Zion

We got an early start into the park again  and then split up for different activities. 

Jody and Jay hiked Angels Landing, a difficult 5-mile, steep hike up to a cliff point overlooking Zion Canyon. At points the trail was just a steep slickstone route up a thin ribbon of rock no more than 5 feet wide, with 1000 foot cliffs on each side.

Jay with Angels Landing behind him...

Jay holding the chain 1000 feet above the canyon floor...

Nearly there...

On the way down...

Jay was really proud of completing this hike!

Meanwhile, back on the ground... Kelly and Karl went for a horseback ride. It was a 1 hour trail ride in the canyon within the park. It was a nice ride! He was happy to get to wear his cowboy boots, hat, and bandana. 

After we all met up again, we had lunch at a little Mexican food place in Springdale, just outside the park. Then it was back to our campground for another swim, relaxing, etc. We joined the evening game of candy bar bingo, which was fun and the boys left with some chocolate bars!

That night the crying-baby-family was gone but in their place was a bus load of middle schoolers. So, it was still very noisy.