Monday, July 28, 2008

The Subway

Last Friday we were able to go to Zion National Park and hike The Subway. We were joined by our great friends Nate and Michelle. We also made a new friend, Phil. He joined us on the hike because he was on a 5-week trip by himself. It was nice to meet someone new. The hike was very fun, and also challenging. There were 4 places where we needed to use handlines, so all that supported us was our own upper body strength. It was all worth it though. The subway is a beautiful hike with incredible rock formations. So it was a great day!

This is the beginning of the hike where we had to hike down into the canyon.
There was a lot of water on the hike (This is Nate, Michelle and Phil)
There was also some swimming involved
Roland and I
One of the places we had to use handlines.
Michelle
Nate
This was a cool waterfall that you could walk behind!
THE SUBWAY!!!
Nate and Michelle
Dino Tracks!
This bat made the scariest noise. I thought it was a rattlesnake and then fell over Roland. It turned out to be a bat, but it was still scary as you can see from the fangs!
A beetle

3 comments:

Nate said...

We had a blast with you guys; sorry if we slowed you down. Great pics, especially of the intrepid beetle and the waterfall. Who's that pasty white kid? Put a shirt on, man!

Parkinson Family said...

awesome! so glad you updated! :)
that bat is super scary, but thats a great pic you got! so fun the things you guys are doing! i dont know if i would have made it up, i have no upper body strength, go you!

Nate said...

P.S. You'll note that we pirated some of your pics for our blog. But we've now given you credit :)