It's only a short drive from Vegas to Zion National Park, probably around 140 miles. After leaving I-15 the scenery gets better and better, it's the beginning of canyon-land. It sometimes feels like being in one of the old Western movies with John Wayne leading the treck to Tipperary.
Claudia and I had considered bypassing Zion NP, but now we're happy we didn't. Absolutely stunning weather, wind a bit nippy at times (it's just mid February) and temperatures going down to a couple degrees Celsius above freezing. Absolutely beautiful! We had bought a nice duvet for those chilly nights as we don't want to have the furnace running all night.
First thing in the morning is starting the heater, 5 or 10 minutes later the motorhome is nicely heated up, so next is a cup of coffee from Claudia's espresso 'machine'. That's what real camping is about, a nice, cozy bed and all the luxuries you could wish for :-P.
Life can't get much better especially as the camping ground is in a stunning location, rather empty and absolutely quiet.
We will definitely be staying here for at least 3 nights and do lots of walks. It's hard to imagine that around 2.5 million visitors are coming to Zion NP every year, must be 2.499 million during summer :-).
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