Zion Junior Rangers

Written by Emily

At every national park my sisters and I try to complete the junior ranger program. The junior ranger program is where kids get a packet to complete while they are at the national park. If they complete the packet they get a badge and are sworn into the park as a junior ranger. While we were at Zion National Park we were trying to complete our packets. As part of the packet we had to attend a ranger led program, but none of the offered classes fit into our schedule. As we were on our way back from one of our hikes we met a very nice ranger named Janice. She explained to us how the canyons were formed and how erosion played a big part in the shaping of the rock. She told us the story of a huge boulder named Bob and how he had come down onto the trail after a mudslide. After Janice had finished, she told us that our chat about erosion and rock formation had counted as a ranger led program. Because of her we earned our Zion badge!