I spent last weekend hiking the Virgin River Narrows in Zion national Park - 16 miles! Having never done this before I was told we would take two days to hike 16 miles down river and stay overnight in a camp ground half way downstream. Didn't sound too bad. Well I should have remembered better some of the stories of the early explorers who first map some of the rivers in the West. Going downstream is not always going down stream. Sometimes to avoid little waterfalls and deep areas you are forced to take the path up on the bank and over rocks and boulders. We started out Saturday morning at the trailhead after driving 15 miles on a narrow dirt road. The camp ground we reserved was located at mile marker 10 which we finally reached about one hour before dark. The water Saturday wasn't much above our knees but the water Sunday reached above our waists at times.
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