This is the trail we took past the water fall at lower Emerald Pool and then on to The Grotto picnic area. It was a couple of miles from beginning to end. It was up and down, and the trail was in good shape, with lots of stopping places.
This was the weeping wall trail. Uphill all the way, but well worth the trip. The wall was wet with water seeping out and dripping all the time. It was cool and refreshing, a good place for resting!
I think this is Angels Landing formation, it is a beautiful multi colored rock rising out of the canyon.
The wildlife along the trail were very friendly. I guess this little chipmunk thought there might be some food tucked away in Frank's shoe laces. Or maybe he was checking out the shoes to see if they were OK for hiking? He was really cute. (I'm not the only one who stopped to rest on these hikes!) 
At the end of "The River Walk Trail" if you wanted to go further on the trail you had to walk through the river. This is where the walls of the canyon get so narrow that they are only 20' apart. We didn't have our water shoes with us, so we stopped at this point and took a nice refreshing rest. (We had to hike back to the road the same mile we hiked in to the river.)
Ahhh! Soak those hot tooties in the cool river. Dixie took advantage of that before we hiked back to catch the tram. This was at the end of a long, vigorous day of hiking and sight seeing.
The next day we drove through the park on our way to Bryce Canyon's National Park. The road through the canyon was built in the 1930's and it has one mile long tunnel. We had to buy a pass to go through it with our RV and we had to unhook the tow car because the roads have a lot of switch backs. Poor Frank, while I was driving the car he was trying to navigate the road and misjudged his distance going around a bridge. The right hand side of the coach tried to make the bridge a little wider. It didn't work. The bridge made the RV a little narrower. So three of the bay (basement) doors are a little smashed in. (Our insurance payments are up to date!) I know he was sick about it, but things happen and we'll just have to get it fixed--somewhere.
While Frank was driving the RV and I was following in the car I was fortunate to see a wild big horn sheep standing on an outcropping of rock right along side of the road. That was really thrilling. Frank missed it, and I couldn't take a picture with my hands on the wheel. So you'll just have to believe me!
We left early (for us) around 10:00 a.m. and made one stop for diesel at Richfield, UT. The Flying J there had diesel for $4.56.9 a gallon. That is the cheapest we've seen it since we left Arizona in March. So we filled up.
We drove almost 200 miles to Green River, UT and spent the night at the Green River State Park. Our GPS on the computer (Microsoft's Streets and Trips) sent us out into the middle of the desert. We had to unhook the tow car, turn around the RV (we were on dirt roads by then) and I asked the driver of the lone car on these deserted roads, where the park was located. She told me "right in the middle of town." So off we go and finally found it. It was all paved roads to get to the park. We are really losing trust in old Microsoft!
On to Bryce Canyon, UT.
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