Angels Landing

For some reason Zion National Park is relatively unknown in the south. In fact, I probably have to tell you that it is in Southern Utah. It is breathtaking. Most of the park centers around a canyon guarded on all sides by gigantic red rock monoliths. It was there that I found just about the best hike I've ever done. Called Angel's landing it consists of a steep climb up an almost sheer rock face culminating in a 1/2 mile scramble over a brittle sandstone ridge three feet wide in some places with a sheer drop of 1,500 feet on either side. If the journey wasn't enough, the destination (which is aptly named) is a rock outcropping thrust out into the canyon giving you a 360 view of multicolored cliffs spiked with shadows leaning over the winding river far below; a sight that leaves you breathless (or it could be the vertigo).
God almost seems wasteful in the amount of magnificent beauty that He has created.