Camping at Zion

The second, and larger entry to Zion can be traveled through via car, but the road that cuts into the interior
is accessible only by park buses. The buses travel back and forth stopping at points of interest approximately every six minutes. They are were filled with the chatter of several foreign languages dominated by the Germans and Japanese with French, Italian and a few others. The buses start at 5:30 a.m and run through 10:30 p.m. filling the campground with engine noise. It was also very dusty and our least favorite campground. The stream from the canyon runs through the campground for fun swimming.

Recycling of plastic water bottles via several faucets with spring water was encouraged. It was explained that the spring water is fed from rainfall percolating through the sandstone canyon walls. This percolation process takes as much as 1,400 to 4,000 years.

It was explained that the wilted white flowers that look similar to morning glories are called Moon Poppies because they bloom at night. They're also called loco weed because cows or horses that eat them go mad and die.