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It's no longer a Mystery to me!

After my friends had all gone, I made a quick visit to my brother in St. George. Well...it didn't end up being so quick. My cousins were coming from Texas and they were having car troubles so we decided that they should come to St. George where they could have their car checked and repaired. This meant spending the night without any necessary items. My sister-in-law let me borrow some clothes for the evening. It was fun to spend some extra time my brother, sister-in-law, and nieces.

The next morning, my cousins took their car in and got it fixed. Then we headed back to Rockville. We hiked one of my favorite hikes in ZION, Hidden Canyon.
At the entrance of the canyon


I'm so strong!

We climbed a lot of rocks...this was supposedly the "End of the Trail"


We kept going!


This was the End of the Trail for us.






I hurt my toe :(

Cousins are the BEST!


Climbing down...I look like I'm about to fall to my death!



The hidden arch
The next morning we got up early to get permits for the next day. Then we went and hiked Angel's Landing. It's such an amazing view from up there. It was nice to spend time up there enjoying the beauty.



There's the top...Will we make it?

We survived Walter's Wiggles









That night my brothers came up for our hike the next day. We got up super early and began the 16 mile hike. We had to hike up to the entrance of Mystery Canyon. After hiking up and gaining about 3,000 ft in elevation, you then cut into the canyon. This is a large descent making all the work you did almost seem pointless. Mystery Canyon was beautiful. The rappels were fun. The last two were the most amazing. The second to last is about a 140 ft. rappel into mystery springs. This was the most beautiful part of the hike. Then the last rappel is down a waterfall into the Narrows.
At the beginning of the 16 mile journey

Echo Canyon




A view of the hike to Hidden Canyon



The top of the slot Canyon





Crazy Rappelling





WHAT AN AMAZING RAPPEL



It was so beautiful. Pictures don't do it justice.


 This rappel is unique because you have an audience watching you all of the sudden. My brother decided to surprise us and did this last rappel in a GUMBY costume that he'd carried through the whole hike. The audience down below went crazy. It was pretty entertaining. We finished the hike through the narrows and were excited to rest our legs the remainder of the evening.
The audience




Gumby made it down



Our last rappel!

At the end...we just had to hike out the Narrows...only 2 more miles.



The next day was my last day of my vacation. We went and hiked the Riverwalk one more time before I went back to St. George. I met up with my brothers, sister-in-law, and nieces for dinner. It was in early celebration of my niece turning 2 the next day. I was sad to say goodbye but I had to go to Vegas to caught my red-eye flight home.

Comments

Jen said…
Luke's comments to your pictures:
"Why is he climbing upside down?!?"
"He wore dress-ups!"

:)

Those are awesome pictures Bekah! What a sweet hike and rappel. You are lucky to have such adventurous brothers that take you along.
August 18, 2011 at 1:34 PM
Tara Vaughn said…
How fun!! Your family has the best time...wish I had brothers! I miss beautiful Zions.

Hope you're having an amazing time in Russia!! :)
August 20, 2011 at 3:21 PM
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