Snowy Zion!!!

Well, we have almost been snowed in!! The snow certainly knows how to fall here, none of those petty flurries we get at home. It’s a veritable winder wonderland. Yesterday the longer hiking walks were closed due to the conditions so we started the day with a drive up through the park. The snow was amazing but due to the low and heavy cloud visibility was restricted and this, combined with winds and gusting snow made driving quite an interesting experience. After returning for lunch at the Lodge, the snow appeared to have eased a little so we drove up to the entrance to the Weeping Rock walk which was paved and clambered up through ice and snow to an enormous cavern covered with icicles and running with water. The short walk was still quite treacherous as it was both icy and snowy underfoot. Next we drove on to do the Riverside Walk – again paved -which along the side of guess what – a river. Still it was beautiful and we had the obligatory snowball fight on the way which turned sour when I knocked Ian’s glasses off. Walking back through the snow we were glad to return to our lodge and get ready for dinner.

This morning we awoke to heavy snow – a good 8 inches deep if not more. The main road out of Zion has been cleared so we will be fine to start our drive to Las Vegas. Plan is to detour to Lake Mead to see the Hoover Dam then onto the Wynn in Vegas where we will begin hoovering up the buffets.