We woke up before the sun and made a quick campfire so we could make ourselves a good breakfast. Then we hurried over to the shuttle stop and caught a nice early shuttle to the area where The Narrows start. We put on all of our rental gear which included some waterproof pants (they just go over your regular pants, and they have these rubber gaskets at the ankles to keep water from getting to your pants/skin), some neoprene socks to keep your feet warm (they definitely still get very wet), and some shoes that are specially made for hiking on the slippery and pointy rocks in the water. We also each rented a hiking stick, which is very necessary for finding where there were drop-offs in the water or where there were huge rocks, and it also helped for preparing for how deep the water was going to be for certain areas.
We hiked The Narrows for about 5 hours, and WOW was it tough. It was so beautiful and amazing, and such a cool experience. We're really glad we did it, but it was incredibly tough. For the way up The Narrows you're fighting the current the whole way so your legs are getting pretty exhausted, and then on the way back you're having to fight to make sure the current doesn't take you too fast so you lose your footing and fall. The water was COLD, so we were very thankful for our waterproof pants!!
Wahoo!
Some areas just had water depths that were to mid-calf, but others got to mid or upper thigh
A waterfall
If you looks closely on this one, you can kinda see the strength of the current! The water was really moving the whole time, even though in a lot of pictures it looks pretty still.
We were SO exhausted after The Narrows! We both felt a bit beat up from all of the rocks and everything, and we both had sore knees and ankles (I think I twisted my one ankle like 8 times... haha). After we finished, we took the shuttle back to the our campground, and then got in our car to drive into town to return the rental equipment and we also got some coffee and a snack at a little coffee shop. We had decided that it would be better to stay in the Zion Lodge that night rather than camp, because it would be easier for our flight day to not have to break camp and try to get everything organized in our luggage. So we broke camp, checked in at the lodge, and took our time getting packed for our flight the next day. We had dinner at the Lodge too, which was lovely!
There were 3 deer hanging out at the Lodge! They had NO fear of people, and were just chowing down on the grass while people walked by.
And on Day 9, we drove to the Las Vegas Airport and took our flight back to Philly!! It was an AMAZING honeymoon, and we both can't wait to go back to some of the spots we saw. We're happy tot be back home with our house and our dear Guinness though!!
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