Where The Red Rock Is

On our honeymoon we took a quick trip to St. George, Utah. After a long semester we were honestly just so glad to be going anywhere at that point. I had never actually stayed in St. George before that. We went to Las Vegas the first day and into Zion National Park the other two days of the vacation. I am a sucker for national parks and new adventures to places I haven't been before. So... I did a little bit of research before we went, looking for ideas of what we could do in the park. Some of you may have heard of it, but we settled on hiking The Narrows. For those of you who don't know, you hike up the river through the towering red rock canyon. We were there in April, what they would consider to be their potential "flood season". Dry suits/splash jackets and pants were high recommended for the temperatures were to be chilly. On day 1 in the park we just scoped things out and enjoyed the scenery. We observed the people coming out of the Narrows to try to decide if we actually wanted to rent all the gear, or if we wanted to just bag it all together instead. We checked out the water levels, air temps, water temps, etc. We came to the conclusion that we would go for it and just see how it would go. We just wore what we normally would if we were white water rafting. A definite must have for the hike through the river was a good pair of closed toe water/hike shoes, like Keens or Tevas. We luckily already had these from rafting. Initially the water was chilly but once we got used to it the temperature wasn't bad at all! It was such an awesome hike and I would recommend it if you are headed that direction. I do love the strenuous/difficult hikes but this once was one of a kind. Everything towers over you and for a moment you feel tiny compared to the rest of the world. I love how nature can always surprise us in those ways. It such a beautiful thing to know that God created these "nooks and crannies" and "surprises" for a reason and we are able to go out and enjoy them!