Marching to Zion

Monday June 13, 2001
Zion National Park
Watchman Campground B-3

Up and Cherry Pie for Breakfast!!!
Isn’t it great to be a grown up so your
mother can’t say
“You can’t have PIE for breakfast”.
:-)

 

With freshly whipped real cream no less!
AH so decedent!!
This is really living!

 

Then we got out our departure lists,
checked everything off.
Stopped by Honey’s for a grocery run
and were on our way to Zion.
Still SO excited about having gotten a reservation
for SIX days in Watchman with electricity.

Since David showed you all the views on the way up,
I’ll just show you some of
the drive in.  For those of you who might drive
this way.  Route 89 out of Kanab to Route 9
into the park.

Because the tunnel has a 50’ limit and
with the car on the dolly we are longer than that,
I drove the car and David drove Winnona.

Here’s what it looked like on the East side of the tunnel.

Not much of a shoulder but pretty nice wide lanes.

Notice the almost U turn.

 

Waiting just in front of the tunnel
and paying the $15 to be able to go
right down the middle coming in and going out
of the park.

Notice the 11’ 4” sign.
Sorry for the dangling kayak strap.

Remember this tunnel is 1.1 miles long.

There were quite a few of these signs along the way.

 

Finally down in the valley, Winnona
shared the road with the park bus.

And parked happily in her site B-3
in Watchman campground

Duckie’s GREAT view!

And the view from the picnic table.

Once we got all set up, we had
tostadas for dinner
(this is becoming MORE of a habit)
and PIE for dessert.
Yes, that’s right two pieces in less than 12 hours!

We sure were glad we are in Watchman when the
thermometer hit 102 degrees in the late afternoon

We attended the Ranger Talk about the plants
and animals in Zion at different elevations.
Very interesting but we were plenty tired
by 10:00 when it was over.

Off to bed, gotta get up in the morning
for hiking before that 100+ degrees sets in.
See you then.