This was the second research trip I took to Zion National Park this year. It was a quick, three days, in and out and a whole lot of miles. Ryan and I found a spot to pitch our tents on BLM land just outside the park. We got up early, marched around, and collected samples for two days. One night the wind was so bad that it left layers of dirt on my stuff inside the tent.
After the picture (above) was taken, we had to make our own trail. We came to a part of the river in which we could either go through the water or crawl up and around to try and get down the other side. We opted to climb. BAD idea. I ended up sliding down a really steep face and tearing the skin up on my arms and legs. Ryan lost his camera and one water shoe. Needless to say, we had to backtrack about an hour and ended up walking through the water, which we should have done in the first place. The misadventure left us shaky and exhausted. Even though we had another day of work, we were just ready to go home. However, we did have success and ended up with some great samples of insects from Zion.
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