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When booking rooms for this trip a few months ago I checked with the lodge for availability, which was fruitless and
silly because they are always booked way in advance. If you are staying at the lodge, the only place for such accommoda-
tions within the park, you can also drive along Canyon Drive, which is otherwise closed to all but shuttle buses and bikes
from April through October. By the time we reached the lodge stop it was passed 11 o'clock and the morning wind was
replaced by the heat of the dessert sun. Matt & I headed toward the Emerald Pools Trail and Ray went right. We got a
few shots from the bridge after waiting some time for a moment without foot traffic jarring our tripods. We hiked a ways
upstream and downstream from there and played with a 9-stop neutral density filter for awhile before heading back to see
what Ray found. Eventually we made our way to the bus stop to fill up on water and noticed Ray waiting in the shade.
Next stop: Weeping Rock.
Barb & I often come to Zion in November when Canyon Drive is open to all traffic. We can then stop anywhere we like
to explore, and mostly the only people in the park are photographers glad that tourists won't be in their shots. One early
morning I was the only human under Weeping Rock. I had just taken a shot off the left side along the rail and was carry-
ing my tripod to the right side when I heard a thunderous crash behind me. I cautiously walked back, and looked down to
see a huge slab of rock recently cracked and broken into its new resting place. I wondered if it would have made such a
sound if I wasn't there.
 
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