Without the pressure of reporting to work at 6 AM, we were able to attend an interesting talk at the Kanab library last evening. To bring attention to conservation and preservation issues, a young man is hiking, biking, skiing and paddling along the spine of North America from Mexico to Canada. The focus in this area is to construct tunnels under Highway 89 between Kanab and Page so wildlife can cross without endangering themselves or drivers.
We drove from the RV to Zion's visitor center in less than an hour this morning, hopped on the shuttle and headed up the Angel's Landing trail. It seemed longer and harder in 2011 than it did today. Back then we didn't get much beyond Scout Lookout. Fred went farther than I did and I went farther than the first time. We met Meryl and George, a friendly couple from Illinois who are spending a month in the area and anxious to find good hikes.
Fred wore his new GoPro helmet cam and received a number of thumbs up and 'cool' comments from other hikers, particularly the young ones. The video of his climb toward Angel's Landing is pretty scary! After doing some editing , he'll post it on Youtube. The link to Fred's video is http://youtu.be/YxPQFA69mU0
An (unflattering) picture of Jan on the trail to Angel's Landing
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying your blog. My husband and I are your neighbor's camping friends from Indiana and they told us about your blog. As you may already know we are planning a camping trip with them this summer and plan to add Kanab and that area in our itinerary. We love the red rocks and slot canyons, too.
Margo