20 October 2011 ZION NATIONAL PARK Thursday

Today was a much-needed lazy start and late brekky.

Later on we took a shuttle ride to the Temple of Sinawava and meandered along the 1.5mi Riverside Walk.  This leads to The Narrows, a strenuous trail not for the faint-hearted, as you might be able to see by the two men wading their way back (in the photo).  The height of the mountains was astounding and they cast a golden glow on the Virgin River as it babbled along its way.

Standing at the base of these mountains, we realise that although mankind has conquered so much, we are still so insignificant in Nature's grand scheme of things.

Quoted from Deon Meyer
"There is a good spot on this route, .... where millions of years of geological forces have piled massive rocks on top of one another like beacons.... and I go and stand there to gain perspective of  our place in the universe.  We are all small, insignificant, invisible if you draw back, away from the Earth, the solar system, the Milky Way."

See how tiny the people are in comparison to the rock.  Let’s hope there’s no earth tremor while we’re here.