Observation Point
We failed in the lottery for Angels landing, but Jane had an even better plan. We will do the Observation Point hike. Of course she failed to mention that in order to do this hike we would need to go on one of her crazy off road vehicle expeditions. It was an hour’s drive to the trail head, but it was the last mile that was really exiting. The road to the parking lot was so deeply rutted that it looked sure to break an axel if you made one tiny bad turn.
Of course we did make it to the parking lot where there were only a few cars parked, and we headed down the well marked, well traveled trail. I had no idea of the views that were in store for me when we arrived at the point 3.5 miles later.
Truly the most spectacular view in all of Zion. With an extra bonus of looking down on Angels Landing. There are so many great views here in Zion, but this one really is the best.
After seven miles of hiking and a couple of hours of driving we were both tired and hungry. So we had a late lunch and agreed that an afternoon of hanging around the campsite was just fine. Jane had found a hot spring spa that we could go to but it was another 30 minutes of driving and neither of us seemed too excited for that.
