<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://williamlounsbury.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[williamlounsbury]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://williamlounsbury.wordpress.com/author/williamlounsbury/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Road Trip: Zion National&nbsp;Park]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>After an exhausting several days in San Francisco/Yosemite we flew through the desert and after a brief stop in Las Vegas (which primarily revolved around sleeping, eating and briefly losing roughly $5 at the casino) we headed to my favorite National Park from when I was a child, Zion. We arrived later than we had hoped but I still insisted we make the 4 hour, upstream hike, the Narrows. The sun was setting and at the end we were starting to get a little nervous we wouldn&#8217;t make it back to camp in daylight (we did). The hike was beautiful and I was very happy to show Mélanie one of my favorite places in the US.</p>
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