{"id":6697,"date":"2018-03-22T11:07:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T17:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/impressions\/?p=6697"},"modified":"2018-03-22T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T17:07:16","slug":"zion-np-after-st-patricks-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/2018\/03\/22\/zion-np-after-st-patricks-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Zion NP after St. Patrick&#8217;s 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe that was the first beautiful snow this winter, on the 18th of March! Nice. But having in mind that the East Coast already got 4 big snow storms this March &#8211; we were in a much safer position. Just a little powder in Rockville, but some more in Zion. So we drove to Zion to take some pictures of this rare occasion. Here I am inviting you to dive into the not so often happening views of Zion NP, mainly close to the Court of Patriarchs:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6698\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5345-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6699\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5353-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6700\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5357.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5357-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6703\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5364.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5364-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6701\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5359.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5359-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6702\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5363.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5363-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6704\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5367-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>As you can see the snow was already wet and not much of it. So we rushed:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6706\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5373.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5373-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6707\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5377.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5377-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6708\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5379.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5379-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6709\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5380.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5380-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6710\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5384.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5384-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6711\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5389-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6712\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5395-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6713\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5401-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6714\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5403.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5403.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5403-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Wild turkeys-\uffc2\uffa0 it has special feathers hanging from his breast, so it is a male, but still not fully grown up one: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6715\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5408.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5408-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6716\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5416.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5416-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6717\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5409.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5409-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>And some more with the Angel&#8217;s Landing in the distance:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6718\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5421-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6719\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5420.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5420-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6720\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5423.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5423-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6721\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5424-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6722\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5425.jpg 600w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/IMG_5425-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe that was the first beautiful snow this winter, on the 18th of March! Nice. But having in mind that the East Coast already got 4 big snow storms this March &#8211; we were in a much safer position. Just a little powder in Rockville, but some more in Zion. So we drove to Zion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/2018\/03\/22\/zion-np-after-st-patricks-2018\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zion NP after St. Patrick&#8217;s 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-parks","category-travel-tips","category-utah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6723,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697\/revisions\/6723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}