Zion Nationa Park
We’re on our way to Zion today to celebrate Mike’s birthday. This is, I think, his favorite place on earth. We live just 40 minutes away, and really don’t take advantage of it often enough. But when we do it is such a refreshing experience. I think the energy from the canyon flows through Mike’s veins when he creates some of the designs he does in copper.
Zion National Park Copper Plateau
There is so much to be inspired by in the quiet of the Canyon, the colors of the ancient stones, the integration of human life with wildlife and the effect of nature on both physical and ethereal. No wonder people come from all over the world to encounter it.
Weeping Rock
We’ve enjoyed the cold water of the Narrows on blistering summer days, and hiked to the overhangs covered with moss and fern dripping with cold water from underground springs. We’ve quietly passed Mule Deer on trails, and watched polywogs swim over our children’s toes, making them giggle. We’ve taken friends and family to Zion to share this beautiful wonder with them, and we’ve spent quiet times alone with just the two of us to celebrate life.
We’ve been to the canyon when it is thick with green and new life, and other times we’ve seen it blanketed with snow. Rain and thunderstorms are a constant reminder of the power of Nature when the river swells and we have enjoyed the view from safe inside.
Mike hiking the Narrows at Zion National Park.
This is a fitting place to celebrate Mike’s big day and it will be nice to relax in Springdale where eateries are excellent, and art abounds. I’ll be sure to get him his annual T-shirt that says Zion National Park to add to his collection. People always ask questions about Zion or comment on their visits there when we travel and they read Mike’s shirts.
I know you’ll be reading this today Mike . . . HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I love you.
Do you have a special place close to home that you celebrate life’s milestones? Please let us know in the comments below. We’d like to hear about them.
Thanks.
Wow! I love your descriptions of the park…it makes me want to visit it myself! That copper piece of your husband’s is stunning! Happy birthday to your hubby! :)
Thanks Sierra!
Zion is really a beautiful place to visit, hope you make it there someday. The copper piece is my husbands interpretation of the mountains of Zion in a Copper Garage Door.