If you ever get the chance, visit the mighty Zion National Park

One of the accessible trails at Zion National Park in Utah, US, is the paved Emerald Pools Trail near Zion Lodge. Photos: TNS/Ellen Creager

This is a spiritual place. A glorious place. A place of serene ochre mountains and leaning narrow canyons.

“People are coming not only to tour the park but to nourish themselves,” says Harriet Killshorse, owner of a local antiques shop, who has lived amid the enviable scenery for 25 years. “You can’t help but feel the mountain spirits.”