Went to Zion National Park

We went to Zion National Park



It cost us $10 to enter this park and other national parks for the rest of our lives.  I guess it pays to be Seniors.



Went to a store and bought this rock -- Peradot Olivine on Basalt - it is very rare gem.



Bought this rock also.  This rock is Alabaster -- it is made from two minerals:  gypsum and calcite.



This is the 3rd rock I bought.  It is obsidian.  It is an igneous rock that forms when molten rock material cools so rapidly that atoms are unable to arrange themselves into a crystalline structure. The result is a volcanic glass with a smooth uniform texture that breaks with a conchoidal fracture.






Third picture is called "Checkerboard Mesa".  



Love the designs the layers upon layers make!



Virgin River runs through Zion National Park.

It was a beautiful day! We stopped at overlooks, took pictures and picked up a couple of sandstone rocks.  We left home at 8 a.m. and returned that night at 9 p.m.