Bryce Canyon

Saturday we left out for the 2 hour drive to Bryce Canyon National Park. It was downright chilly when we got there--it is about 20 degrees cooler in this canyon than at Zion. There is an 80 year old tunnel through the mountains (Zion-Mt. Carmel tunnel) which gives a shortcut to Bryce Canyon. This road is lined with ranches and prairie land. Hoodoos, fins, and spires are new words to our lexicon. These make up Bryce Canyon Amphitheater which is like a mini Grand Canyon in grandeur. We hiked the Rim Trail (2 1/2 miles, again the Fitbit loved it) and saw the most magnificent rock forms. On the way back the long horned goat were on tourist duty and posed for pictures.

Located in the middle of southern Utah, Bryce will be hard to get to but worth it.

This is a Hoodoo--a tall, thin totem pole of rock topped by hard eroded stone
\ that protects the column from the elements

4 or 5 Hoodoos equal a Fin

Many Fins put together make for this gorgeous amphitheater

The trails we walked along the rim of the amphitheater were easy

This fella (his family was nearby too) held up traffic but posed for pictures

Our BLM parking place turned out to be a real winner. It was the first time we stayed out for 3 days and even though the reviews on the Park Advisor App were positive we have a pretty big rig to do this. The wind was really blowing, especially on our last night there. On Saturday night we had a lot less neighbors than on Thursday night --around 30 different campers-- no tent campers made it through the wind on Saturday night. 3 nights on the land and we only filled our gray water tank to half and we took nightly showers, the downside was that we had no cell or TV service because we were so far into the boonies. We just brought out the cards and books. Success!

On  North Creek we parked near the road but past us on the creek there were several
Class "C" campers and tent campers

This Hemp RV showed up on Friday down the road

Wonderful Sunset