Thursday, September 14, 2023

A Canyon Drive

 Yesterday we drove out of the Canyon so I could show Trish more of Zion.  We headed east and started the climb up toward the historic 1930 tunnel.


The amazing coloration of the rock was perfectly spotlighted by the morning sun.  We kept imagining what the first people thought of this place when they happened to come here.  From where did they come how did they live among this gigantic landscape?


How did early people make their way through this land, and, how did those who envisioned this becoming Parkland dream of making it accessible to travelers like us?  The rod re traveled wound back and forth multiple times gaining altitude before coming to the most remarkable project: the tunnel.


Built in 1930 by hand, the tunnel runs just inside the rock parallel to the outside edge and is 1.1 miles long.  There are numerous windows to the outside showing you that you are just inside the rock.  How was this conceived, mapped, engineered, and done in 1930?  Amazing!


We had a wonderful drive and would not have missed this day.

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