Heading back Southwest on Utah SR-9, out of Zion National Park, we came to the tight-knit community of Virgin. Turn North onto Kolob Road and head for the reservoir 24 scenicly twisting, roller-coastering miles away. This beautiful road dips in and out of the park itself and working ranch land. There are plentiful indicators that this has been working ranch land for several generations. I doubt we saw a dozen other vehicles either headed up or coming back. The scenery was as nice as anything we'd seen in the park proper without the crowding, fumes and noise. We visited with a gentleman who'd driven up to fish in the reservoir. As I watched him put on the third layer of clothes before donning his waders, I realized just how chilling that snow runoff water had to be.