Two weeks ago Chelsey, Susan B., Nicole C., and I went to Zions National Park and hiked the Narrows. It was on my bucket list so now I can check that off. It was amazing! It took us 11 1/2 hours. I was so sore and tired that night I wasn't sure how I would walk the next day but I survived.
The Narrows is a 16 mile hike down the Virgin River. There are sections where the danger of a Flash Flood could be fatal so I had just a bit of anxiety going in. There is a stretch called "Wall Street" that is a mile and a half long that is nothing but 1000 foot walls on both sides of you and in spots was no wider than about 20 feet. It sprinkled on us and thundered just as we were begining "The point of no return" or Wall Street. We all looked at Nicole (who was our expert) and questioned the decision to go ahead but we all trusted her when she said she thought we would be fine. That is when Chelsey kicked in gear and we all tried to keep up with her. We did stop for some pictures with Nicole's camera that are awesome. I will try to get those up here some day. We had to put everthing in ziplock bags, including and especially the cameras so they wouldn't get wet. There were spots where we were up to our chest in water walking down the river and there was even a stretch about 20 feet that we had to swim. It was really an adventure.
The first water crossing of 124 from 7:30 untill noon. After that we lost track.
Whitney.....we'll never look as good as you but we will keep trying!
We thought we had to jump down the waterfall but we took the path of least resistance to the right!
Don't let the smiles fool you!!! I was so tired and sore at this point but very glad to make it out alive!!!!It was one of the best hikes I have ever been on and I loved it....thanks Nicole!!
All together and loving it!
What would we do without Aunt Chelsey!
Bubbles!!!
Jackson in the lead of the Gunny Sack race!
Ready Set Go!!!
Bryson
Russell 
Josi
Jessica
Jackson
Cutler
Jenika
Sierra
Josi soaking up the sun at Lava
Cutler just hanging out
The painted shirts....what artists! Everyone had a great time and went home worn out!
The Narrows is a 16 mile hike down the Virgin River. There are sections where the danger of a Flash Flood could be fatal so I had just a bit of anxiety going in. There is a stretch called "Wall Street" that is a mile and a half long that is nothing but 1000 foot walls on both sides of you and in spots was no wider than about 20 feet. It sprinkled on us and thundered just as we were begining "The point of no return" or Wall Street. We all looked at Nicole (who was our expert) and questioned the decision to go ahead but we all trusted her when she said she thought we would be fine. That is when Chelsey kicked in gear and we all tried to keep up with her. We did stop for some pictures with Nicole's camera that are awesome. I will try to get those up here some day. We had to put everthing in ziplock bags, including and especially the cameras so they wouldn't get wet. There were spots where we were up to our chest in water walking down the river and there was even a stretch about 20 feet that we had to swim. It was really an adventure.
The first water crossing of 124 from 7:30 untill noon. After that we lost track.
Whitney.....we'll never look as good as you but we will keep trying!
We thought we had to jump down the waterfall but we took the path of least resistance to the right!
