A Tale of Two Zions

It's hard to describe today when you thought yesterday was the most amazing.
Just when you thought you started to understand something it shows you a completely different side.

Zion did exactly that today. The West Side and the East Side are totally different.

We took a beautiful hike. Marveling at what the Virgin River created.



Temple of Towers


West Temple


The Beehives.
I think they look like Hersey Kisses or those sand mounds the kids make at the shore.


Joanne & Janice on the road to the tunnel and East Zion.


 The Great Arch


One of the galleries that was cut out of the 1.1 mile tunnel to remove the spoilage from the digging.



The Tunnel leads you to the other Zion (East side).



Big Horn Sheep are on the East side of the park.

Big Ram AKA Alpha Male


Big Ram with his harem.


Big Ram hollering at the harem.


The herd to end all herds. This was not part of the first group.
Look at the 3 HUGE Rams on the left!


Look at the Horns on this Big Boy! Might be the Biggest Ram we saw. OMG


As you can see the life on the East and the West sides of Zion are really very different. They're only separated by a 1.1 mile tunnel.

















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