Big Hike at Zion

We parked the car and did a bigger hike out to the rim of Zion Canyon.  Beautiful views but this was one of those hikes where periodically one of us would say "why do they let people do this?" or "why isn't there a rail here?" or (frequently) "slow down, you're going to slip and die!"

off we go, hiking to the trailhead

 up, up, up...here there were rails..zig zag zig

 hiking thru a cave like area of the trail...no rails here!!

 at the top we hung out and took some pictures

 me and macey....  and the kids

 all of us with Zion Canyon behind us

 Josh and Maddie

 if you look carefully behind me you can see the twisty road that winds through Zion Canyon and takes visitors through the whole park.  Driving out there was not for the weak of heart!

 no rails here...and yes, that drop on the right is just as (well, probably more) steep than you can tell.  Crazy!