Canyon, all of which owe their origin to the contact line between the Navajo Sandstone and the underlying Kayenta Formation, The Navajo is very porous and contains a large amount of water that is pulled downward by gravity. When this flowing water finally reaches the less permeable Kayenta layer, it is forced out laterally to form springs and seeps. Kayenta word is a Navajo word that means "place of the springs."
To connect Zion National Park to Bryce Canyon National Park, the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway was completed in 1930. This roadway, with its series of steep switchbacks and two tunnels, was an engineering marvel of the time. Visitors are delighted by the 1.1 mile long tunnel, with its unusual "galleries." These openings, or windows,in the tunnel will reveal the deep canyon below. To travel through the tunnel with an RV there is a charge to allow for a one lane travel down the middle of the tunnel. We decided not to take the tunnel to the each but instead went the round about route.
The east side of the park the patterns on the rock are very different from the rest of the park. The crossbedding in the rock reveals the pattern of the ancient windblown sand dunes.
What an awesome place!!! From here we are heading to Williams, Arizona.
More later,
Candy and Johnny
