Hiking the Narrows

Today we hiked the Narrows. Its a section of the Virgin River that runs through Zion National Park. We hiked a bit over 4 miles up the river and then back, totaling almost 9 miles. The Narrows runs through a canyon that rises hundreds of feet, mostly straight up on both sides of the river. In many places the river channel is narrow enough that you have no choice but to kike in the water. Usually the water was less than knew deep, but we got into sections that were waist deep. It is hard for pictures to do it justice, so in most of the pictures I've tried to be sure there is a human somewhere in the pic, sometimes looking very tiny! What an incredible place!