Last week we decided to take an extended weekend trip to Nevada. We flew into Vegas, had a great view of the Strip at night, got a hotel in Henderson, and promptly went to sleep. The next morning we went to Blueberry Hill, a local chain, for breakfast.  Fortunately, breakfast was good, because it took us quite awhile to find an open on-ramp to I-15.  Apparently, NV is incapable of keeping on-ramps open, or providing appropriate detours for said on-ramps.   Nevertheless, we eventually got on the highway and out of the city.

We drove through NV, AZ, and into UT.  We discovered that the town was having its Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, so we hastily drove through town (it’s small, there’s only one road that goes through town) and to Zion National Park.  We decided to do the Riverside Walk, a nice fairly level path that leads to the Narrows.  Unfortunately, it was flood season, so the Narrows were inaccessible.

Then we hiked most of the way into Angel’s Landing.  The trail afforded excellent views.  We decided not to hike the final 0.5 miles of the trail since (a) it was really windy and (b) this part of the trail consisted of hauling yourself, with the help of chains that had been secured in the rock, up a steep, narrow, slick rock fin at the top of the mountain.  Instead, we decided to go get pizza at the Zion Pizza and Noodle Company.  The pizza was excellent, and we got a view of the sunset-colored rocks in town.