Zion Trip Day 2 part 1- Our 1st Hike

Morning bath.

We did a little hike to Emerald Pools.

It's suppose to look like I am drinking the waterfall, but the water is really hard to see in the picture.

The trees were just starting to get bud giving the tress a light green haze about them.

Zion Trip Day 1 - Entering the Zion National Park

We drove right to Zion National Park to get a few hours of exploring before bedtime.  It is a beautiful place.

The kids got out and played for a little bit.

If you look to the left of the yellow sign there is a goat.  I always like seeing wildlife.

The window in the tunnel.

The outside view of the tunnel window.

Sideways tress.
We had a lovely time and then headed back to the hotel.  Unfortunately it to over an hour to get the lock off our credit card.  Apparently you have to inform you credit union you are traveling before hand even if you are staying in the state.

Zion Trip Day 1 - Cove Fort

Monday night Bret cam home from work and said he had a week off work.  So we decided to go on we'd leave the next day.  We packed and left Tuesday.  We spent Tuesday night in SLC, and my Mom watched the kids while Bret and I went on a date.  We got up early on Wednesday morning to leave and the real vacation began.

We stopped to let the kids have a break at Cove Fort.  It was fun to place to take a break from driving.

This is called a Mormon coach.  It turns into a bed for sleeping.  It's basically the 1st futon.

The telegraph area.

Wes liked the old front loader.

19th century book of Mormon.

This machine is called a weasel.  After a certain amount of spins it makes a popping noise to so the pioneers could have exact measurements of yarn.  This is where the song Pop Goes the Weasel comes from.

After a tour and some lunch we headed back to the car to finish our drive.