Zion to yesterday

A basic Zion view. On day one we hiked to all the Emerald Pools, which are totally worth the hike. Little lizards and damselflies abound. The pools are full of tadpoles and water striders. Personable lizard from Emerald Pools Trail. We also walked up to the Weeping Rock but it wasn't very impressive right now. Early in the morning the next day we scaled Angel's Landing. Actually i wimped out at Scout's Lookout and waited for my cousin to climb and come back from the Landing. Scout's Lookout has magnificent enough views for me. But watch out for the pushy chipmunks. The starter climb for Angel's Landing. I found Walters Wiggle to be easy compared to those first switchbacks. Pasted Panorama view from Scout's Lookout. Chipmunk looking for handout. Rattlesnake we saw on the way down from Angel's Landing. Checkerboard Mesa. Ripples. Utah Sandstone. One of my big goals was to find canyon treefrogs. On the overly long jaunt to the showers (I totally recommend the Zion Ponderosa Ranch showers, even if it is a solid 2 hours there and back from the campground) we stopped at all the lookouts on the Mount-Carmel highway. At one we could hear the sheep noise the frogs make when they call. After a slight scramble we found a pool with 5 frogs in it. Four were calling and one was just trying to stay away from the other 4. Some of the scramble. Calling male. Possible Female. This one kept trying to escape the others. Weird little (maybe 1/4 inch long) beetles from the campsites. Today we went to Hidden canyon and did the Riverside Walk. The narrows are currently closed, so we probably won't get to hike in there at all before we have to leave. Tomorrow morning we're going to try for Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.