NV/AZ/UT Roadtrip: On to Zion NP

On this first full day of road trip we planned on something very ambitious. We would drive from Vegas to Zion, which is 160 miles and then drive to Bryce NP, another 90 miles. The timetable for this trip required we leave Vegas no later than 9 am, but we left at 10 am. We were behind from the get-go so we were expecting to cut corners somewhere. Luckily, up until the stop in Virgin River we encountered no traffic jams at all including the drive all the way to Zion, which is curious because this was a Sunday on Memorial Day weekend.













We made a brief stop to stretch our legs and take photos while on solid ground and not from a moving vehicle.
















As we approached Zion, there was a long queue of cars waiting to get in. The park was jampacked and all the parking spots we passed by were all full. A park ranger was checking for people with annual pass and we have annual pass so we got to use the employees only lane that made us skip the long line and long wait.

(to be continued....)