It was a beautiful New Years Eve and the fireworks made it fun!
Springdale Utah just before the fireworks started. Those are the canyon walls of Zion in the background.
Happy New Year From Zion National Park And Springdale, Utah
Tag: Springdale
There Is A Snow God!
It snowed at Zion National Park the other day but mostly in the upper elevations. I commented to a friend that I wished it snowed at a lower elevation, that would be awesome. The weather forecast for the next day didn’t mention any precipitation but overnight it snowed 3 inches which produced some winter wonderland images. The snow gods listened!
Zion Night Sky and Sunrise Time Lapse Video
Watch the stars move through the night sky and the sun rising at Zion National Park, Utah. Lots of UFOs traveling through the sky also. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen.
Zion At Night
Nighttime shots from Zion National Park and adjacent Springdale, Utah, There was a near full moon that night which lended some additional ambient light.
The Bad, the Good, The Ugly at Zion Today
Tremendous monsoonal thunderstorms ravaged Zion National Park today, closing the main road thru the park due to rock slides. But as with any storm, the aftermath can be delightful.
THE BAD
Photo courtesy of The St. George News, all others captured by Dawn2Dawn Photography
THE GOOD
THE UGLY
The streets of nearby Springdale were covered with mud.
Menacing clouds approached later in the night.
Zion Country With Some Fresh Powder
Looks Like We’re Getting a White Christmas at Zion Country
Hopefully there will some great winter scenes!
More Lightning Boltzzz zzzzz zzzzz
This time from my own backyard.
What Do Hurricane Mesa and The Flying Monkey Have in Common?
The Flying Monkey, a pizza joint in Springdale, Utah, derived its name from an Air Force test track on the top of nearby Hurricane Mesa just outside of Zion NP. In the 1950′s the U.S. Air Force constructed a 12,000 foot test track on nearby Hurricane Mesa. The track was constructed to test aircraft ejection systems using dummies.
In at least one test series the rocket sled dummy was replaced by apes to identify the g-force effects of this type of ejection on a live being. Hence the Flying Monkey name came into existence. They could have also called it the Screaming Monkey!
You can barely see in the image below a building or two at the top of Hurricane Mesa. Flying Monkey pizza is not just another pizzeria. It is wood-fired, thin crust, with aromas remindful of my days as a kid getting a slice from Alfonso’s in NJ.
Fireworks arrive to Zion NP a day early
The sky was on fire Thursday night.
