Today, the sightseeing started. After a very cold night,
where temperatures outside were down to 23F/under 0C at 6100Feet/over 2000m, we
visited the Fremont Indian State Park & Museum and walked one of the trails
on which even Chester was allowed! The Fremont Indians were agriculturists who
lived from about A.D. 400 to 1300 in north and central Utah and adjacent parts
of Colorado, Idaho and Nevada. We admired their Petroglyphs, artifacts and
structures and also tried our luck at their traditional javelin. The deer was
safe from us…
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| Fremont Indian Petroglyphs |
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| Rolf trying to hit the deer - it was safe! |
After all the solitude we had enjoyed earlier that day, Zion
was a big shock! We had been here before, about 8 years back, and had loved it,
but -oh my god- has it changed!!! Before we got there from the South-West, we
drove past countless cafes, restaurants, gift shops, you name it. It sure wasn’t
a help that it was Saturday and gorgeous weather! Cars were parked one after
the other on both sides of the road, campground long fully booked, masses of people.
What a disappointment! We did stop and took the bus tour up and down the Canyon
(private cars are not allowed), but can’t say we really enjoyed it. Chester had
to stay behind and there were just too many people everywhere.
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| Zion Canyon |
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| Zion Canyon - Temple of Sinawava |
In the end, we
enjoyed the not so popular part after the tunnel going East, away from the
crowds, much more and took some stunning pictures of the “petrified” sand dunes
from Navajo Sandstone.
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| Zion Park - petrified sand dunes |
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| Zion Park - petrified sand dunes |
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