This year we decided to vacation right outside of Zion. We rented a vacation home that was fully furnished and included a hot tub (that the kids took advantage of daily) among other things. The only negative about the house was the fact that it was right on the edge of a huge cliff! We had to really keep an eye on Pepper whenever she went outside.
When we pulled up to the house for the first time we saw a deer watching us, so that was really neat. We saw several deer outside the home, along with a few squirrels, spiders, bats, lizards.
We made a campfire and had smores two of the three nights we stayed, apparently illegally per the HOA, oh well :o) It was a really nice vacation, relaxing, we saw a lot of pretty things, and the weather was perfect!
We hiked two trails in Zion the first day, the first trail was awesome, was only 2.2 miles round trip, and had a fun water area at the end that the kids played in while we had lunch. Along the trail we saw about 100 squirrels, 5 or 6 deer, and a few lizards. It was a nice hike.
The second hike was extremely steep but short, less than 1/2 mile round trip, but the end of the trail was amazing, water was dripping off above us and the water was super clean and had been in the ground for millions of years, or something like that. The kids enjoyed getting splashed in the head and trying to catch the drops in their mouths.
The next day we headed to another hike (emerald pools) and this was my least favorite hike, it was sorta steep and had scary edges/cliffs. Plus it was much warmer and we were in the sun most of the time, but on the way back we stopped at the river and let the kids play and I know they enjoyed that part.
I am glad we went, we all had fun and it was a nice trip right before we start a busy school year.
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