Over President’s day weekend we had expected to have several friends from the Salt Lake City Mountain Bike Meetup group come down and ride the trails. However the weather was very uncooperative and all of them bailed but one. Lou and his son Cole did net the rainy blues keep them away. They arrived late Friday night to wake up to more rain. Cole had come down for a soccer tournament and on Saturday he played two games in the rain. Sunday we all woke up to MORE rain but decided we would go stir crazy if we didn’t get out of the house. We packed a lunch and headed out. Lou and Cole are from Maine and this was their first visit to Southern Utah. We took them to Zion. Even though it was overcast and raining/snowing I still felt Zion would not disappoint. I love Zion in the snow.
We stopped at the little coffee shop right before the entrance to Zion and grabbed Lou another cup of joe (I am pretty sure that is all that flows through his veins) and the kids some hot chocolate and ate a delicious cinnamon roll. For our first hike we took them through the tunnel to Canyon Overlook Trail. Sadly we didn’t get to see the amazing views of West Temple but it was still worth the hike. Next we hiked up to weeping rock. Sarah’s feet were cold and wet so she stayed in the car while the rest of us made the quick short hike. The water dripping off Weeping Rock was irresistible and we all tried catching a mouthful.
After Weeping Rock we continued up the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive to Temple of Sinawava. We had all climbed out of the car and only planned on staying for a short minute. It was late about 5:30PM, Sarah didn’t want to hike in wet shoes and we were hungry. As we prepared to leave the car Lou got the strangest look on his face and said “Did you get the keys like I told you?” I may be hard of hearing at times but I KNOW he never asked me that and I knew he was joking with me but in that split second I also realized that he had LOCKED the keys in the vehicle. Lou he is a very funny guy. I just started chuckling. We checked all the doors, they were locked and the keys were still in the ignition.
There were not very many cars in the parking lot but I did spy two gentlemen returning from their hike that looked like they would be nice enough to help. We asked them to give Lou and Sarah a ride to the lodge so Lou could see if the rangers could help or he could call AAA. The boys and I hiked the Riverside Walk. We meandered slowly up the walk. It was pretty humorous to watch Spencer 14yo 6’ tall 210lbs walk next to Cole 11 yo 5’2” 90lbs. Those two never shut up the entire trip. They walked next to each other and jibber jabbered the whole time. We started calling them Gallon and Half Pint. The boys and I hiked all the way to the end and then started back. It wasn’t too far from the start of the Riverside Walk that we met Lou and Sarah coming to find us. The good ole rangers for Zion saved the day!
We piled into the car and headed to Zion’s Pizza and Noodle Company for some grub!
Monday Cole had one more soccer game. The rain finally quit! Lou and I were able to go on ONE ride. We picked Barrel Roll Trail.
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