Toadstool Hoodoos - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Photos are taken with a Pixel 7 without any filters, this is what the landscape really looks like. AllTrails maps pre-downloaded to a smartphone really help, there is zero cell service out there.
I rarely saw anybody on most of my hikes and I was hiking alone. By contrast Zion was a zoo, thousand of tourists swarming everywhere. My plan was to drive to the Zion Visitor Center from Kanab, Utah to gather information for a future visit. The huge parking lot was 100% full with a steady stream of cars still driving in. I bailed as quick as I could.


