Zion canyon, located in current day southwest Utah, is a nature preserve distinguished by it′s steep red cliffs. The canyon has a scenic drive cut through the main part of the canyon, which canyon eventually leads to forest trails along the Virgin River. The river flows into emerald pools, which have waterfalls and a hanging garden. Also along the river, partly through deep chasms, is a wading hike through the canyon narrows.

Much like most all of the locations set aside and called national parks, Zion has archeological sites occurring throughout park boundaries. These sites are extremely fragile resources for those ones who know how to examine them correctly and in doing so provide the people of this system of things with important clues to the past cultures.

However, with our hope of the resurrection, we have the hope of one day meeting the people who built the sites, the same ones that archeologist only today study the ruin remains of.

After a heavy rain or during spring snowmelt, the cliffs in Zion may be surging with falling water, some plunging a thousand feet, some even more. Zion′s waterfalls are a spectacular sight to see but most are ephemeral with some only last a few minutes.

The water, full of minerals from the desert mesa tops, deposits the minerals on the face of the cliffs and then when the water dries, leaves the black streaks which form a sort of tapestry that can be seen by future visitors.

A walk up the river begins with wet feet, then it becomes an oasis for all kinds of life.