9 miles hiking in Zion narrows with Smeagol and two other guys. Amazing! The shuttle wasn't running that day due to heavy rain the night before, so we left Smeagol's vehicle back at Springdale and the four of us drove to the top of the Narrows in my Toyota Corolla.
Had to take a few test runs to get through heavy mud. Needed to be careful not to drive off some slippery mud cliffs. Passed some stuck 4-wheel drive vehicles. Had to unplug some German tourists from the road so we could pass. They offered us beer for our efforts but we declined -- it would seem incongruous to imbibe after being spared so many potential mis-haps by powers unknown, just before descending into one of the Almighty's finest galleries. The next day, the shuttle also refused to take tourists up, so we had the whole canyon to ourselves. Spectacular! Didn't see any rain but heard there were flash-flood warnings after the fact.
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