This is a free shuttle that you take which goes into the area where motorized vehicles are not allowed. A special pass is required for those staying at the Zion Lodge, otherwise only bicycles and foot traffic are allowed. The shuttle stops at numerous locations where you can get on and off from location to location, etc. A really nice way to travel and see the surrounding beauty. They even have racks to hold bicycles for those that have them.
We left the park at the Springville entrance (foot traffic) to get something to eat and found this art piece outside the entrance. This is some sort of symbol made with hearts locked together. There is a metal inscription across the top of the sculpture but we don't remember what it said and couldn't read it here. Can you?? It's something about hearts and love
Back inside the park after lunch
This is the Virgin River which runs through the park
The hole in the wall is one of several air holes for the 1-mile tunnel which we are about to go through.
The tunnel is 11 feet 4 inches high on the edges and the center is 13 feet 1 inch high. Needless to say our RV would NOT be able to pass through even in the center because we are a good 13 feet 6 inches high. Thats why we tow our Jeep so we can tour around.
In the 1920s this was considered a dead end of the park until they decided to build a tunnel. It was completed in 1930 and was built on the cliff face of the mountain and links Zion to Bryce and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. There are often short delays and lines of traffic as the rangers hold traffic so that tour buses and RVs can pass through the center of the tunnel.
There are openings in the tunnel not only for light but fresh air, etc. No stopping is allowed nor are pedestrians or bicycles allowed in the tunnel
The end of the tunnel as we decided to stop and turn around and go back. I am sure glad we did because my Zion Critters blog will show you what we saw. Here the traffic is waiting for us to pass through before they let this group go in
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