After a good night's sleep and being well rested we left the small town of Kanab and headed towards Zion National park. We have been getting really lucky with the weather and usually miss being showed on or riding through heavy heat waves. I won't jinx it, but I am glad and very fortunate to drive in comfortable conditions. The sign up the road showed 33 mi to Zion, so we were glad we were near. The drive up the windy roads was gorgeous, and even though we had to slow down we still enjoyed the scenic route which lead us to the entrance of the park.
We pulled up to the entrance gate and with a big smile I showed my National park pass, the clerk was very kind and let Dovid (which isn't one of the co-signers on the card) through with no charge. We stopped at the side of the road before our way in, to attach our Contour video cameras to the bikes. We have been taking a lot of footage with the HD cameras and I plan on making a short documentary after we are done with the tour. We started heading down the road through the canyon and were just amazed by the colorful yellow and red cliffs which looked as if they were to collapse any moment. We drove through a tunnel which cut through a huge mountain, and as we popped out at the other end we were stunned by the high peaks which overlooked the whole area.
There are plenty of hiking trails at Zion National park and a vast collection of odd and beautiful scenery to see. We got to the other end of the road and pulled of to eat lunch. As we parked we noticed a small creek right beside the road, so we undressed quickly and jumped into the dazzling cold water. It was so refreshing after the short ride in the 100 degree weather, and we were glad to have found a spot with water. We sat down and cooked a delicious meal of onions, garlic, potatoes and rice. We sat by the water and reminisced about the fact that it looked very much like the Dan river back in Israel, and we may as well could have been cooking lunch there. After filling our stomachs we packed up our gear and headed out of the park. At the visitor center I noticed gorgeous photos of caves at Zion and asked how do we get there. I wasn't happy to hear that in order to enter or hike in those caves you need to get a permit, so that idea quickly vanished.
As we headed toward Bryce canyon the wind got extremely strong and it made our ride very unpleasant. We stopped at a KOA campsite in Ceder city and pitched our tents for the night. At the campsite we met some nice people and invited these 2 girls who are doing a cross country bicycle ride from New York to California. They sure are doing something exotic too. After long conversations by the fire, we went to bed to get a good nights sleep before we head up to Bryce tomorrow.
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