Tag: hiking

Sundays are great for the soul in so many ways. It’s great to have a day just to recover and not be in a rush. Today I slept in and decided it was too beautiful out for just a regular three mile run.

I threw on the trail running shoes and headed to South Mountain and went on the Pyramid Peak trail. The first mile is pretty easy terrain and then you hit the mountain trail. Here is where my pace takes a big hit and it wasn’t long until I was hiking up the hill.

Luckily there was a hiker in front of me on the hill to point out the rattlesnake just off the path!! He passed and then snake continued up the mountain toward the path. I was frozen as the little head peaked over about to enter the trail heading my direction. I was looking for my escape path up the mountain when the snake veered left and decided to go back down the hill. Another hiker coming down the hill thought it was cool, said not to worry it wasn’t rattling, took out his phone and started snapping pictures.

No pictures necessary for me as I quickly passed and continued on my journey. The rest of the trip up and down the mountain was uneventful and that was just file for me.

Total round trip was four miles and it was a beautiful morning.

Run happy!

One definition of Zion is: (in Christian thought) the heavenly city or kingdom of heaven. We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day in this little slice of heaven. It was an early morning to get to the shuttle and it was a very brisk 45 degrees to start the day.

We started the day with a loop to Upper Emerald Pool then down to Lower Emerald. The water falls and streams surrounded by the red cliffs was stunning. The highlight of Emerald was Garrett stripping down to his boxers and wading into the water!

We looped back to the Zion Lodge and then hopped the shuttle to the last stop where we walked along the Virgin River as far as we could go. It ended at where The Narrows hike begins. This hike was closed because the river was flowing too fast with all the snow melting.

The last stop was Weeping Rock waterfall which was very busy with tourists because it is such a short distance to the lookout.

We will definitely be back to Zion and learned a lot to help us plan for next time. Including purchasing passes for Angel’s Landing. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to try that hike after looking at all the pictures. Now I think I do.

When we got back to our room I headed out for a run while the boys ran to the store and grilled up some hamburgers. We relaxed the rest of the evening and it was an wonderful day!

Run happy!