Zion National Park is just amazing. The park service site does not give why it is named Zion, so if anyone, who is not super tired after a long day and has fast internets wants to elaborate in the comments, I would appreciate it.At this point I will give my one and only soap box on traveling with dogs. Not Recommended if you want to see National Parks. The policies are basically "not allowed". Of course I understand the reasons - nature nature nature, but when you see all the yahoos running around in the motor homes yucking up the place, I get kind of PO'ed. Cannot even take them on paved paths except the few that are designated and usually those are next to a road or having bikes whizzing by. So, if you want to ""really" see the National Park system definitely leave Fido at home. The weather has been too hot to leave C in the car (which you could do other times of the year) so I have decided to not risk it. We still have seen some great stuff, but usually the post card vistas are not accessible for the K-9.
Otherwise... It is just beautiful and the drive through the park (did not take the tram up to the best parts) and saw some amazing geographic features. The mile long tunnel, Zion Tunnel was pretty cool. completely black except for window cut out of the rock at certain points.
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So we gather you decided not to go back to the Clown Motel? LOL
Happy you made it to Zion and were able to take a peek, despite the limited access with C!
The name Zion means sanctuary..
According to Wikipedia:
In 1909, U.S. President William Howard Taft named the area a National monument to protect the canyon, under the name of Mukuntuweap National Monument. However, in 1918, the acting director of the newly created National Park Service changed the park's name to Zion as the original name was locally unpopular. Zion, an ancient Hebrew word meaning a place of refuge or sanctuary, received a more positive response from the public...
Did you hear your heartbeat as you drove through the pitch black 1mile tunnel? Saying goes that if you hold your breath when crossing a tunnel and ask for a wish it comes true! (ps: better not try this though!)
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