I hadn't planned to do a third post on Zion, but there is another section that is quite different from the canyon itself, and it is the East Entrance road. From the canyon floor, we drove up a series of hairpin turns, and then through a tunnel that is more than one mile in length. It was built during the Depression years of the 1930's. Today it is too small to accommodate motorhomes or buses unless the opposing traffic is stopped while the bus makes its way through. This is done routinely for tour buses. We chose to drive through the tunnel in our Jeep.
Once on the other side of the tunnel, a whole new world awaits the visitor. The rocks here have been eroded by wind and rain, and the rocks look "wind-swept".
There were a few other unusual features as well:
I will leave you with one last view of Zion Canyon itself, in the late afternoon sun:
