During the summer of 2001, Rachelle and I took a vacation to visit National Parks and Monuments in Utah and Arizona. The first park we visited was Bryce Canyon National Park.
The second stop on our vacation was Zion National Park. After visiting the Zion Canyon Visitor Center, we boarded a tram to take the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive. Our first stop was the Court of the Patriarchs Viewpoint, which provides an excellent site to see the three mountains named for the Old Testament patriarchs, Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
The mountain on the left is Abraham and the one to the right is Issac.
Issac is the peak on the left in this picture, and Jacob is to the right.
Next we stoped at the Zion Lodge where we decided to take a hike. We hiked the Middle Emerald Pool Trail up and the lower Emerald Pool Trail back to the lodge.
This photo was taken from the trail on our way out to the Middle Emerald Pool looking toward the north at the narrow end of the canyon.
This is another view of the canyon taken on our hike. The North Fork of the Virgin River is visible in the foreground. This is the river which carved the canyon.
