After the Grand Canyon, we went to Page Arizona for the night. We found a hotel that had a pool open and the kids {all of us really} enjoyed some time relaxing that afternoon. Adam's parents graciously offered to keep the kids that night so Adam and I could go out to dinner. We had an Uber scheduled within minutes, haha! We had a great meal at State48.
That morning we went to Horseshoe Bend which was super cool in person {no photos, sorry!} Lake Powell is also in Page, Arizona. I would love to rent a boat and stay a Lake Powell sometime, however this wasn't the trip for that. Next time!
From Page we headed to Zion National Park. Due to the size of our RV, we had to pay a fee and get traffic stopped so we could drive the RV through the middle of the tunnel. Sadly, the daily shuttle to the Narrows was full however {you can read more about that here}, we used Zion Guru and had a great experience. They took us into the National Park and over to The Narrows parking area {restricted access to the shuttles only, you cannot take yourself here!} The Narrows were super fun, however more challenging than I expected! We wore water shoes, but rented sticks through Zion Guru and I would recommend that! No photos since I didn't trust myself with my camera or phone in that area, but Google the Narrows at Zion National park -- amazing! A popular {CHALLENGING} hike, Angels Landing was closed {we could not have done it anyways!} We had another great campsite, Zion Canyon Campground. They had a pool for the kids and nice laundry facilities for me, ha! They also had a hotel if you're making the trip without an RV.
From Zion we headed to Arches National Park. For the sake of time we skipped Canyonlands National Park. Next time we will go to Canyonlands and Bryce Canyon {maybe Capital Reef too since we've never been there}. Either way, Arches was the unexpected highlight for me. In my opinion, it's the perfect 'beginner' National Park. They have kid hikes all the way to expert hikes that require a permit {we obviously did not partake in that hike, haha!}
Balanced Rock
After Arches, we went to our campsite in Moab for the night. It was our last campsite of the trip and it was so magical we actually called to see if we could keep the RV for another night just to stay here. The views from the pool were just stunning! It was the best way to end the trip! We all said we want to come back to Moab, because we didn't get to experience anything in the town, but from what we saw it looked great.
From there it was 18 hours nonstop straight East for home. We pushed through to make it home at 2:30am and realized we didn't have power because of hurricane Derecho, so we ended up spending the night in the RV {in the driveway} before we took it back the next day.
