We are at our hotel near Zion park. It was a long and beautiful drive. We started the day with breakfast on the road. We were able to get a picture of a saguaro cactus in bloom near the restaurant.
Saguaro Cactus with blooms
Bill at breakfast
Linda at Breakfast
Along the way, we stopped at Sunset Crater and Wapatki National Monuments. The loop road connecting the two parks is amazingly beautiful, plus the lava flows and the pueblos
Linda at the lava flow
View of painted desert from loop road
Linda at Wukoki pueblo
Blue sage at Wukoki pueblo
View of San Francisco mountains from Wukoki pueblo
Wupatki pueblo
We had seen comments in travel books about how beautiful US 89 is. Much of the drive from Flagstaff to Page, AZ is hard to describe. The colors are stunning and the change as you drive is amazing.
On US 89
I took a video at an overlook stop near Page, AZ that shows some of the beauty.
We got to the East entry of Zion about 7:00 PM and the sun setting on the formations gave us a taste of what we hope to see over the next few days.
Linda at Checkerboard Mesa
Hills near the Zion – Mt. Carmel tunnel
Got to our hotel and checked in and walked to a smokehouse restaurant for an nice BBQ dinner. Looking forward to seeing the Zion canyon tomorrow.