Emerald Pools Hike- Zion 2013

Another great part of the reunion was that it was located right next to one of our favorite places, and (IMHO) one of the most beautiful places on Earth, Zion National Park. We've done a few hikes there already and we were excited to try a new one. I was really hoping to do the "Narrows" hike but we'll do it next time when the kids are a little older. We settled on the Emerald Pools Hike instead.

On the tram :)
 

The Three Patriarchs
 



The Lower Pools






The Middle Pools.
Dana and Eli went on up to the Upper Pools and we hung out here.
 




On the way back we saw people playing in the Virgin River and of course had to join in that fun!
 
Then some cousins found us and made it even more of a party:)
 
As usual the kids spent much of the time looking for critters. I had to take a picture of this huge moth.
 
And this squirrel kept trying to get close enough to our backpack to figure out if it carried anything he'd be interested in.
 
But these little guys were the kids' true treasures.
 

After a lot of playing it was time to get back for dinner. So we gathered up the wet clothed, sandy kids and headed back to the tram.

And took one quick family picture.
 


Already excited to return to that beautiful place sometime!