I am married with three children. I love horses and have a couple for myself and youngest daughter. ...
I am married with three children. I love horses and have a couple for myself and youngest daughter. I also love travelling. I particularly love North America and my family and I try to have a holiday there every other year.
Member since:28.05.2001
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We spent two days of our holiday in South West USA at Utah's Zion National Park and we couldn't have been more impressed with the parks facilities.
It cost $20 per vehicle to enter the park, the pass is good for 7 days, and as I said in my Grand Canyon op, it could work out cheaper to buy a 12 month annual pass if you're planning to visit more than a couple of National Parks. Once inside there is a large car park and brand new visitors centre with plenty of information and facilities.
Outside the visitors centre is the shuttle bus stop. The buses are free and run every 7 minutes. A round trip on the bus takes 90 minutes and there are plenty of places to get off and hike or site see and the next bus wont be far behind when you're ready to move on. The buses run from 5.30am to 11pm.
At the Zion Lodge (about 5 stops in on the shuttle) there is a very nice cafe and gift shop, clean toilets and an information centre. It is also here that you can book for a horse or mule ride through the canyon. They have trailrides lasting one hour or three hours. Now please take my advice on this...if you are not a horserider don't take the three hour ride. I promise you won't be able to walk the next day and after all, every day of your holiday is precious so you wont want to be disabled for a day. The one hour ride is a wonderful experience and not to painful.
For serious hikers there are plenty of challenging trails, some up to eight hours and a couple even lasting days. For the pleasure hikers like myself their are some beautiful, not too strenuous trails such as the Emerald Pool Trails (Lower, Middle or Upper pools depending on how far you want to walk).
Zion Park caters for disabled visitors admirabley. Wheelchair access into all buildings and shuttle buses, and a couple of scenic trails with wheelchair accessability too.
The scenery at Zion is gorgeous and you will be so glad that you made the trip. Enjoy yourself!
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Advantages: Beatiful scenery, unspoilt and outback Disadvantages: Very hot, very wet at certain times of the year, not easily accesible without transport
Advantages: A must see of the island - great views Disadvantages: Limited access - Tour coach and limited private car hire access ( must walk after a while! haha)
May 31st, 2001
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