Zion national park

Zion national park

Friday we left for southwestern Utah staying at a koa in St. George, Utah. As it turned out they were hosting an annual seniors men’s sporting event called Huntsman senior games so it was hard to find a campground but we lucked out.

Saturday it was off to the parks again starting with Zion national park. You can only drive through certain areas of Zion so they offer a bus that takes you through the main park. We got a late start with sleepy head sleeping in so we didn’t do the bus and instead drove through the areas accessible to private vehicles. It was nice but I liked the Moab parks better.

On the way home we checked out a little ghost town called Grafton that was started by Mormons back in the 1800’s and later abandoned. There was a dirt road to get there and on the way in we came across a line of people walking and pushing carts. I asked what was going on and apparently it was some kind of reenactment of what their ancestors went through to get to the town. They walked 19 miles over 3 days to get there! When that did there was lots of celebrating lol.

 

Tunnel in Zion

King of the hill

The Mormon reenactment

Church in Grafton
An original house built in the 1800’s in Grafton
Cemetery in Grafton
Check out the engraving. Killed by Indians!

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