Zion (2)

We had a lovely hotel in Springdale - quite a fun town - and returned to the park bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for our second day, since it was clear and sunny! Very nice. Very different from the snow and rain of the afternoon before. Altogether we hiked on the Emerald Pools trails, the Weeping Rock trail, the Riverwalk trail and the Canyon Overlook trail. And yes, a bit weary by the end of the day. But what a place! The canyon is so deep, and the Riverwalk trail, particularly, winds around below the steep rock walls along the water and keeps turning corners and going deeper into the canyon long after you would assume you'd hit a completely dead end. The Canyon Overlook trail takes you out to the top of the wall that the big arch is on - way over the road and the tunnel and the canyon.