Zion National park - day 2

After another cold night we woke up in the incredible scenery and had tasty breakfast. After “camping place” was located only 10 minutes drive from Zion so we already before 9 in the morning boarded the shuttle bus and drove to stop #6 Grotto. I really wanted to hike Angel’s landing sometimes called the most dangerous hike in America but as the path is very narrow special permit is required. I applied twice for lottery but I wasn’t selected. One day before you can apply for hiking permit, pay 6$ and hope that you win. The lottery is not refundable so I just wasted 12$ 🤣. Unlucky hikers can hike at least to Scout Lookout, the place where permits get controlled by rangers. The view from there is also stunning and it’s definitely worth to go even without permit for Angel’s landing. As always we saw many people not dressed properly or without any hiking skills / physical conditions which won permit and were having difficulties to walk this narrow steep path 🙈

Before leaving the park we stopped quickly at Zion’s lodge ~ the only hotel inside of park and eat some snacks and got coffee. The food and drinks were surprisingly cheap.

After tasty lunch back in our camper we were good to go to our last hike of this National Park. Canyon Overlook Trail is located already on the way to our next stop and in order to get there you need to drive super scenic and historical Mt. Carmel Road. Around 5 miles from Zion visitor Center is the first tunnel located. We needed to pay a fee of 15$ to be able to pass it. Big campers can only drive through if the drive in the middle so the rangers have to stop the whole traffic 🤣

Right after the tunnel parking lots for the trail are located. Flo was bit skeptical if it’s worth to go but the trail was short, super fun and views were incredible, overlooking the whole canyon from above.

Back in the car we drove only about an hour to the next national park ~ Bryce Canyon. The elevation of Bryce Canyon is quite high (around 2700m) and there is everywhere snow. That also means that most of the camping place are shut down and are opening from April / May. The only opened camping place was already full so we are camping once again for free.

It’s gonna be another very cold night as it can get close to 0 degrees at night 🥶Read more