"Toller" wrote in message
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>I am going to Las Vegas in July with my son. We have 1.5 days free at the
>end and I was planning on going to the Grand Canyon; but I didn't realize
>how far it was.
> Zion is much closer. Is Zion sufficiently spectacular that I won't feel
> bad about skipping the Grand Canyon?
> I saw the Grand Canyon 40 years ago, and hopefully he will be back some
> day; but still....
>
> Thanks.
>
> On a similar subject; we have a half day free at the beginning. I was
> planning on going out to Red Rocks. Any alternatives that can be done in
> half a day?
>
Zion is one of the most gloriously spectacular places I have ever seen.
Also, while the Grand Canyon is indeed spectacular, you go there, you look
and you leave. At Zion, there are numerous short hiking opportunities,
there is a free shuttle bus that takes you through the canyon (in fact cars
are banned from the canyon road), and there is the wonderful Virgin River
walk at the far end. That's where you walk first along and then in the
river while the canyon narrows and presents vertical walls hundreds of feet
high on either side of the narrow canyon.
Go to Zion!
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