Zion National Park It was 30 years ago I camped in Zion National Park with my young family. It was our first time camping as a family. Our site, in South Campground, was next to the North Fork Virgin River. Our dinner, corned beef hash and beets, seemed to take forever to cook. Much has changed outside the Park (the community of Springdale, just west of the Park, is bigger and with more good places to eat) but much is still the same within the Park. While my favorite places to camp are in National Forests, Zion National Park will always be a special place to me. Here are some of the reasons why. Click on a thumbnail to load the full image.

Our rig at Watchman Campground	Morning comes creeping	Upper Emerald Pool	Grass growing on cliff wall	Young Cottonwoods
Flowering columbine along Riverside Walk	A dripping wall along Riverside Walk	Portal to The Narrows	Watchman Trail begins to climb	Cactus blossom
Different flowers	along	Watchman trail	Looking back the way we came	Finally, level ground
Last corner before Springdale overlook	Going down	down	down	and down
Good trail	Nice place to rest	Mountain hugging trail	West Temple Mountain	Pages of time
View of Kolob Canyon	Showcase of geology

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