Zion & Bryce

So this past weekend I went to Zion and Bryce with one purpose in mind. Do the Angel's Landing hike at Zion. It is a hike that the last .5 miles is on the top of a cliff fin. You pull yourself up and along with chains and at times there is a drop off on both sides of you. The height part was scary for Kyle, but I loved it and so did Ashley. Aaron really didn't seem to mind the height, at least he didn't say so. I felt bad for him and Kyle as they were the ones who had to carry the day packs. The views were amazing! When we got to the top we ate lunch (it was like 11am) and just hung out. Coming back down was more interesting to say the least as at many time we had to pass other people coming up. There were other parts that were switchbacks at at least a 30% angle. That was before the famous Walter's Wiggles switchbacks that we all commented on. Needless to say I hate Walter.

Let me tell you we also witnessed the best of people. One girl was doing the hike with no shoes, several people had their children on their back, were carrying them or had them in a carrier on the front, others had no water, some were way too out of shape. I don't mean to sound evil but at times we were on all fours going up or down to make sure we kept our balance and didn't slide off. We had gloves to handle the chains and they ended up being totally cluch. At the top there were also people going over to the edge to act as if they were falling off or to get a picture. Would have been real funny when they actually started falling eh? No one did.

These pictures are not mine but ones from Google. I thought some of them were good showing the chains and the trail. I was not allowed to have my camera out during the chain portion until we came to a place where we could easily rest. I will post highlights of my pictures in a few days. My camera dropped, in the case on the last day and the view screen broke. Irritating, but at least the pictures are fine. More from the trip later.