Zion National Park - Bike ride at Zion - We got on the bikes to ride up canyon. We rode about 8 miles up to the Temple of Sinawava, also the location of "The Narrows". This is a very deep, narrow canyon that when the water is down, can be hiked up stream for several miles. However, the river is up from snow melt. We were told at the Visitor Center that if we didn't freeze, we'd be swept downstream. We can't hike the Narrows, but we hiked up to the Narrows trailhead. There were beautiful canyon walls, thousands of feet high, towering over the Virgin River. The river is roaring and ice cold. We got on the bikes and rode back down canyon (and downhill) back to the campground. We played hopscotch with a couple of buses. It was much better than dodging individual cars on a park road (like we've had to do at Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain NP). 

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