Knowing Zion is open and uncrowded we elect to head back. Rumors are flying that the Park Service is going to close Zion and Bryce any day now so we need to explore Zion today. Heading in from the east entrance again we see many Big Horn Sheep. Then it’s down into the canyon floor where we head onto the road normally closed to private vehicles. We head to the end of the road and do the Riverside walk to the start of the Narrows Trail. The trail follows the Virgin River upstream for a ways until it ends with the canyon narrows and the only way to head further is to hike upriver in the river. The river is not very deep but is cold and rushing. It’s the color of chocolate milk from upstream runoff.
At the beginning of the Narrows Trail along comes a family of six with the youngest girl younger than ten. They are decked out with water shoes and the appropriate water traveling gear available for rent at a outfitter just outside the park. After a nice chat they head upstream and around the bend of the narrows. Their family adventure warmed our hearts.
After a couple of other short hikes we head back to Kanab again passing the Big Horn Sheep. This time we see a couple of dozen.
Seeing North America 
That photo of The Narrows —-Virgin River should be a painting. Maybe your friend Skeeter would paint it.
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