Utah Trip - Part 4 - Hikes and Moving On

I started our last day in Zion in bed while Nan decided to climb Angel's Landing.  I had a very nice breakfast meeting a couple from England and one from San Diego.  Nan called around 10 to say she had completed her hike. So I went and picked her up. She said the hike was steep but relatively easy until the last quarter to half mile which has scary sharp drop-offs on each side and a chain to hold on to in order to avoid a long fall.  She did it, but said she doesn't ever have to do it again.  Here's a picture she took with her phone from Scott's Landing on the way up.

We headed east through Zion where the road passes through a mile long tunnel.  Once exiting the tunnel we parked and hike 2.3 mile on the Canyon Overlook Trail to this view.

After our hike we headed south to Kanab, Utah.  As you may be aware Nan and I both volunteer at the Animal Protective Society of Durham.  Kanab is the home of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and they welcome visitor.  Best Friends is a "no kill" shelter which is set a beautiful piece of land in Angel Canyon where they own 3,500 acres and lease 10,000 more.  It is the largest employer in Kanab with 450 workers.  The facilities are tremendous, and it was well worth the visit.

From Kanab we drove north toward Bryce Canyon National Park.  About 15 miles from Bryce we passed through Red Canyon where you start to see the rock formations that make Bryce famous.

On the way to our accommodations we noticed some snow on the hillsides.

Our innkeeper told us that just two days before it was like Christmas with 4 inches of heavy wet snow.  Just as glad we missed it. Settled down for the evening at the Bryce Country Cabins in Tropic, Utah.  We did squeeze in a short hike before sundown to a spot called Mossy Cave. Nice relaxing jaunt after a day of driving.