When Utah identifies a road as scenic, it means that the road will be narrow, will contain switchbacks that will give you whiplash if you go over five miles an hour, and will either pass between sheer stone walls or on a drop off to never never land. Such is highway 9 entering Zion National Park. We took a deep breath, repeated our motto from VBS, "Facing fears, trusting God," and made it to Zion to marvel at the enormity of it all. Even the heat was enormous which limited our activity. Neither of us were eager to walk around in 106 degrees.
We liked the names of three of the high peaks, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Patriarchs. Most of these names were given by the early Mormon settlers who also named the area Zion after the name of the promised land.
Zion receives about fifteen inches of rain a year, but there is still some greenery in it. The greenery growing up on the sheer cliffs is known as the hanging gardens.
As we left the park and headed toward St.George where we will overnight, we decided that Zion is massive and impressive, but for us, it wasn't the most interesting place we visited.
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