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Published: July 30th 2012
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Had one of the most awesomest days of my travelling career today. After another 6am start we still managed to miss Fairyland point turn off where I wanted to take some early morning photos. I didn’t mind too much as it was all overcast and wouldn’t have made nice pix anyway. We nearly cleaned up a deer on our way into the Park where Erika was staying. We met them in the lobby of the Bryce Canyon Lodge. After signing all of the waiver forms we wen to the corral which was also so clichéd. The employees were all dressed in their Stetsons, chaps and walked and talked like cowboys. My mule was called Bonny she couldn’t stop eating right from the start including the wooden barriers on the ways into the Canyon. Brendan and I were last in the possie which was bit frustrating as I could’ve got some awesome shots of our cowboy guide with the canyon as a backdrop. Now that would’ve been award winning! I could’ve asked I suppose but sometimes you just get so caught up in the moment that you forget important stuff like that and just miss out. I was scared as I hadn’t
done anything like this since about 20yrs ago and the experience wasn’t pleasant one, but after 5 minutes I felt like I had been riding for years. After a while I really did feel like that as my arse and knee ligaments were incredibly sore and I couldn’t wait to get off. When we did get off half way through I was the only old girl who had difficulty getting off the horse. It was like the ultimate American thing to do. To go horse back riding with a guide wearing a Stetson, chaps and the yo’ll demeanor. None of us had hard hats or anything. There were some pretty steep slopes and I was shitting myself at times, but took pictures constantly to take my mind off it. The actual canyon was just amazing. While the Grand Canyon has sheer scale and size, Bryce certainly has beauty that the Grand doesn’t have. After making our lunch in and abandoned gas station lot (again no parks or picnic areas to speak of) we went to waterfalls in another part of Park. Kids went in and had a ball and then tried to dam up the creek with rocks. It got
Bryce Canyon NP
Took my mind off the trustworthiness of my stead by taking pix quite warm. Unfortunately we drove straight past Red Rock Canyon without stopping, as that is also supposed to be amazing. Eventually left at about 3pm and had to stop at rock shop for coffee to prevent going to sleep before driving to Kanab where we found a grocery store. A 15 minute job always turns into an hour’s experience, as we find ourselves agonising over each product as there is always a thousand different flavours/options, most of which we just don’t get at home. I placed the kids in front of the chocolate isle and said they could anything they wanted that we couldn’t get at home. Lleyton turned his nose up at everything and I ended up crying back in the car. He’s just not eating enough and will lose even more weight. Hit flat desert/Pilbara type land then surprising a lush looking forest, The place is a dive with no coffee, no microwave and no fridge. We were caught short as we had bought microwavable food. Unfortunately we had to spend 2 nights here. Was raining and really cold and the heater didn’t work.
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