Rebecca is earning Junior Ranger patches at the National Parks we are visiting. They are different at each park, but each has included geology, animal identification, conservation and protection of resources and historical artifacts, and anti-littering. They also require that the child attend a Ranger-led program. For the most part they are good. Some are excellent, and you can tell that the Ranger intern just got selected to present their program...yesterday.
We rode our bikes along the Virgin River on the Pa'rus bike trail to get to a Ranger program
in Zion. They have the only program we've encountered so far that is geared to the 3-7 year old set. Still it was interesting, as the Ranger explained the many layers of rock, how each was formed, and how long ago.
We passed lots of people cooling off in the river, and of course, Becca was dying to join them. We spent about 2 hours at one section of the river gathering and relocating tadpoles...
Bob and Maria hiked the Angel's Landing trail in October- a very difficult and precarious trail. We chose the easier, but very beautiful, Emerald Pool trails. Just as we started the upper Emerald Pool, we ran into the Reichert family from.....Hudson, Ohio! Small World.
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| filming the waterfall at the lower pool |
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| on the trail |
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the rocks near the upper pool
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afternoon shadows on the trail back from the upper pool
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We camped at the Watchman Campground at Zion. Nice sites, no showers, clean bathrooms.
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