Time Event Range Remaining 8:36 am Departed Brian Head 242 9:36 am Arrived Kolob Canyon Visitor's Center 207 Range/Distance ratio: 0.7 Conditions: Downhill We packed up and headed south. I intentionally did not charge to full because I knew that the car would recharge going down hill. It turned out I charged too much requiring that I use brakes much more than I wanted.

Our first stop was Kolob Canyons, an area technically inside Zion National Park but is accessed via I-15 separate from the main entrance. Our initial hike was the Timber Creek Overlook, but everywhere along the way the green vegetation growing on the angled red rock with the morning lighting made it seem like we were driving (and hiking) into a beautiful painting.

Our next stop was Zion.

Time Event Range Remaining 10:54 am Departed Timber Creek Trailhead 191 12:01 pm Arrived Zion Visitor's Center 154 Range/Distance ratio: 0.822 Conditions: Downhill, 97°F Zion was unusually packed with traffic and visitors. Officially they do not allow visitors to drive into the park, having them take the shuttle bus instead. Consequently the parking lot at the Visitor's Center was full. But we were happy to find two J1772 EV charging spots. If I did not take this spot, I would be blocking a gas car from taking a non-EV spot, so I actually felt morally obligated to plug in my car here and fill up. Note: This was the only time on the entire trip I used a charging adapter I own. I spoke briefly with the owner of the neighboring Tesla; she was visiting this Utah destination from Santa Barbara, California. We appreciate the forward thinking of Zion National Park.

We reached Zion Lodge to have lunch, from which we hiked to Lower Emerald Pool to see the waterfall. All the while we collected the clues to complete our children's Junior Ranger Patches.