It's only a 5 mile (8 km) hike, but it does climb 1488 ft (453 m) with unbelievable views.
This is the view from the first part of the ascent....Did I mention it was about 107F? If you look carefully you can see a dot moving up on the trail - that would be another hiker!
Part of the first part of the climb, where we had a bit of shade.
After a while you get to the part they call "WALTERS WIGGLES": 21 Switchbacks which are pretty steep!
The colours of the rock were just unbelievable deep red from the iron oxide in the rock.
Just a little later, things get a bit steeper. There are quite a few places with chains - Thank goodness!
To the left and right of where Jacques is standing it's sheer DOWN - nothing in the way! The ledge is barely broad enough to walk over. Most people only hike up to Scott's lookout and that last bit to Angel's Landing is not for those scared of heights!
The view from the top is spectacular - no photo can really do it justice. This is looking down towards the temple of Sinawava, which was the starting point of our second hike.
Better hold on to me! Not exactly the best place for a total klutz like me to hike - is it now......
I was not kidding when I said It was a STEEP uphill....
That point up there....THAT would be where we were heading! See the hikers on the left ridge! We literaly climed the ridge of that mountain!
Now we're getting closer and closer
The path ahead was becoming narrower and narrower....
And it kept going up and up....
Another one of those narrow crossings - sheer cliff on each side. AMAZING!
Adrenaline junkie? Who me?
This was the last bit - you can see the top of Angels Landing in the distance.
On this photo you can see the road that the 
bus takes through Zion. They pick you up at the Visitors Center and drop you off at several points. The bus is for free and runs ever 6 minutes or so.
bus takes through Zion. They pick you up at the Visitors Center and drop you off at several points. The bus is for free and runs ever 6 minutes or so. 
And here we have our first angel..
After taking a little breather and absorbing as much as we could of the view, we started heading back.This part is in "refrigerator canyon" on the way down. It's shielded between the mountains the temperature is quite a bit cooler for this little piece. Very welcome after a pretty hot ascent!
A bridge at the bottom of regrigerator canyon.
A bridge at the bottom of regrigerator canyon.
How small we look between those massive rocks!
And if that was not enough, we decided to add another hike to this one and carried on to the Emerald pools.
This is the upper-most pool of the three. By now we were only to happy to catch a bit of shade.
What a spectacular day
