We just returned from a trip to Zion over Thanksgiving weekend. It seems to be tradition for us to visit a national park during the holidays. Last Thanksgiving, we visited Yosemite National Park. In other years we have been to the Grand Canyon and Arches in Utah.
Zion was spectacular! The night that we arrived 8" of fresh snow fell, which made hiking the next day a little challenging, but the quality of the light on the red formations was magical. We ran about with cameras in our hands, (along with everyone else that was in the park) snapping pictures of one stunning view after another. We bought Yaktrax to slip on the bottom of our hiking boots to navigate the icy slippery terrain and hiked the Emerald Pools trails and the Canyon Overlook trail. It is definitely a national park that we would like to return to. I had on my bucket list that I would like to visit ALL of the national parks, but NOW but I would like to see each of them in the different seasons; fall, winter, spring and summer!
