Her på ottende dagen var vi i Zion dalen, hvor der skulle være en masse dyreliv, ja der var dyr men ingen bjorne. Men vi var på bustur ind til bunden af dalen, en masse lodrette klipper utroligt smukt. Vi fortsatte til Bryce Canyon, hvor vi ikke vidste helt hvor hotellet var, men ikke noget problem, vi kørte lige forbi. Vi nød en sandwich udenfor, vi sad og nød udsigten til en kunstig bjergged, men lige pludselig begyndte den at tygge drøv, så kunne det nok være vi fik fat i vores kamera i en fart, den rejste sig op for [View Full Entry]

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Vi kørte ind i Bryce Canyon, et betagende syn med alle disse sandstens søjler der bare står der, og så er der en udsigt langt ned i Arizona 160 km. Vi kørte derefter mod Page. vi havde et stop undervejs ved den store dæmning over colorado river, 280 meter til bunden. Vi var nede ved Lake Powel som er berømt for sit blå vand. Page det er byen med 12 kirker lige ved siden af hinanden. Vi ckekkede ind på Holiday Inn. Gik en tur ned af hoved gaden for at se hvad det var for noget, men der ikke meget [View Full Entry]

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Today we went for a short hike in Bryce. It was pretty good, until it started raining, but even then it wasn't too bad. The hoodoos (the tall column-like thingies in the pictures) are even more impressive from below. In the second half of the way, we went for a scenic drive on Highway 12 (and I use the term highway very loosely) to Boulder, Utah, the most remote town I've ever seen. It's been said that it's the last town in the USA to receive mail via pack mule. The road to Boulder (the so called highway) was only opened [View Full Entry]

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We got to Bryce Canyon National Park today. Apparently the fire there is still burning, but it under control. On the way we stopped at Cedar Breaks National Monument (trivia: the President can declare a national monument, but congress has to vote on national park status). Bryce is much higher than Zion (about 3000m compared to 1000m), and is much colder (I actually wore my fleece jacket), which I like. However, it's also stormy, and it actually rained on us today, and we even saw some lightning from far away (this is what started the fire a few days ago). Bryce [View Full Entry]

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Zo vandaag weer vroeg op. Ja Maris vond het fijn om me om kwart voor acht wakker te maken. Dat is de tijd hier terwijl ik net gewend was aan de -1 uur tijd. Na lekker te hebben ontbeten zijn we gereden richting Bryce Canyon. Vanuit Tropic kom je dan langs de mossy cave trail. Aangezien we vandaag in totaal 243 foto's hebben gemaakt heb ik besloten om deze trail los te plaatsen van de andere die we deze dag gelopen hebben. Na de auto geparkeerd te hebben zijn we gelopen richting de mossy cave. Tegelijk kwamen we langs een watertje [View Full Entry]

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Hier dan het verslag van de tweede wandeltocht deze dag. Na de mossy cave trail zijn we met de auto het park in gereden. De auto hebben we geparkeerd bij sunrise point. Vanaf dit punt kun je beginnen met de queens garden trail. Dit hebben wij ook gedaan. Dit gaat meteen steil naar beneden en allerlei mooie uitzicht punten en vreemde rotsen. Hoe lager we komen des te groener het wordt. Vandaar de naam queens garden. Na zeker een half uur lopen komen we al aan bij de splitsing om de navajo trail te doen richting sunset point. Dus zijn we [View Full Entry]

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July 7th Off to Bryce canyon. The trip started out with desert but after a while the landscape changed and we found ourselves driving through canyons and Very nice views and a relief after the desert. We did at some time have a funny experience - suddenly in the middle of nowhere there were hundreds of windmills on a hilltop, quite impressive. We could began to see the red rocks that we have seen on pictures of Bryce Canyon. Luckily the trip was not as long as we anticipated always nice when it’s that way round. We got an ok room [View Full Entry]

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We left last night for Bryce Canyon. The drive took about 2 hours. What surprises me the most about Utah is how green South Utah is. When I thought of Utah I thought it would be desert. Parts of it are, but a big portion of it is a national forest. Bryce Canyon is beautiful. It is full of multi-colored rock foramtions. We took a three mile hike down into the canyon. We were able to hike through some caverns. We then had a picnic lunch in Bryce and went to another hike called the Mossy Cave. Surprise! It leads to [View Full Entry]

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Spent some time at Bryce Canyon today. Nice park. The park is known for its hodoos, which you will see in the photos. The Navajo say that the cayote, who is known as a trickster, turned the people into stones. The park was full of pine trees and had great scents, and the weather was great. Called it quits early today as I didn't stop until late last night. [View Full Entry]

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Another spectacular day. We started out early in the morning about 7 a.m. with a hike up the Emerald Pools trail in Zion - and when I say up I mean up! There are three sets of pools that are formed from runoff from the porous limestone cliffs and you climb like a mountain goat to all three of them. Our reward was being about the only hikers on the trail and then a serene breakfast at the top pool which we had to ourselves. And yes, Lauren, both your father and mother made it up with no problems - how [View Full Entry]

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