Weekly Photo’s Challenge: Hiking

I’m participating in LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s Challenge is: Hiking! 

Hiking.  It’s what I do!   It’s my favorite thing to do when I’m not working or sleeping.  Of course, it gives me the reason to go out photo shooting.  Recently I went hiking in the Kolob Canyon section of Zion National Park.  I went on the Taylor Creek Trail and believe me, there are some spectacular views in the canyon!

This is Taylor Creek:

During the hike, it’s fun to look for things that are unusual or interesting.  Take  this lizard for instance, he’s enjoying the sun and warm rock.

 

 

Along the way, there are a couple of pioneer cabins from the homesteading days.  Here is one of them.

 

The ultimate goal of hiking of course is the journey and the adventure that goes with it, but sometimes there is a reward at the end of the trail.  In this case, it was a combination of all of these that prompted me to hike this trail.  At the end there is the world famous Double Arch Alcove.

 

After the hike, it’s always fun to go up to the view point and look at the Kolob Fingers of Zion National Park.  This section of the park doesn’t get as much publicity or appreciation as the lower canyons.  But it is just as spectacular or more so.

 

My philosophy with hiking is this: the journey is the reward, not the destination, although that helps.

 

 

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May 27, 2013May 27, 2013 by Kelly Guymon Photography Categories: hiking, PhotographyTags: cabin, canyon, Double Arch Alcove, hiking, homesteading, Kolob Canyon, lizard, pioneer, Taylor Creek, Taylor Creek Trail, United States, Utah, water, Zion National park 4 Comments