Blogs from Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States, North America - page 16

Day 15 -- Bryce Canyon After about a 2 hour drive from Zion to Bryce National Park, we settled in at Ruby's Campground and hopped on the shuttle into the park. We were running a little late because Chris had to do one last thing before we left the RV - a trait that while possiblely genetic does not make it any less frustrating to the rest of the family. Luckily after lunch in the Bryce Lodge (taco bar) everyone was in a better mood and we got to the corral and got our steeds. This time all four of us were going riding. We all got mules. Alea rode Tanya, Chris rode Tony, Ben rode Chubby and Lisa rode Janya. This was a wonderful ride in terms of what we got to see. We ... read more

For those looking for the english version: Just scroll down a little. Nach San Francisco war der Yosemite NP eine richtige Wohltat. Es hat zwar auch hier eine Menge Leute, aber viel mehr Natur, und was fuer eine! Ich machte ein paar nette Bekanntschaften. Die Wanderung auf den Half Dome war das Highlight. Auch wenn die Wanderung nicht ganz ohne ist (10h, ca. 27km horizontal und knapp 1500m Höhendifferenz) und gerade 2 Tage vor meinem Trip jemand tödlich verunglückt ist, hat es viele Leute welche sich auch ans letzte Stück, die Cables wagen. Das sind 2 Stahlseile welche über die letzten ca. 100 m auf der steilen Granitplatte den einzigen Halt bieten. Und wenn Stau ist und man überholen will, wechselt man halt nach aussen und hat nur noch ein Seil um sich daran zu halten. ... read more

"The Grand Circle" is the circle of national parks in Northern Arizona, Southern Utah and Southwestern Colorado. They're Mesa Verde, Arches, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the Grand Canyon. And now, we've officially been to all of them! We started at Bryce Canyon after Capitol Reef (complete with Paul's Aussie Hat). Bryce is beautiful because of the look of its rock features (sorry, no big geology lesson this time). This one was carved out by water, and is still being eroded by water in the winter. That means that all of the rocky spires, called HOODOOS! (isn't that fun? Hoodoo Hoodoo Hoodoo...:)), look a lot like coral. In fact, if it weren't so hot, you could kind of imagine that you were underwater when you walk among the hoodoos down in the canyon. On the ... read more

Torsdag d. 26/4 (dag 10) Bye, bye Vegas, med en kombination af en gammel "fighter pilot" og en klonet Torkild Thyring bag rattet kom vi meget hurtigt ud af Vegas!! Gudskelov ikke med pantelånere i hælene . Det var en besynderlig by, sjov at have set, men dybest set ikke videre charmerende. Hvis man tænker over, hvad det er; en kæmpe lysende by midt i ørkenen, alt er kunstigt med kopier af ægte kulturskatte, men nu i plastik med et massivt forbrug af el og begrænsede vand ressoourcer og en masse mennesker, der alle håber på den lette vej til lidt overskud på bankbogen. Men tro mig, "huset" vinder altid. Nå, men som sagt, så kom vi vældig hurtigt afsted - vi havde booket en tur på hesteryg i Bryce Canyon kl.13.30 og efter Ole's mening, ... read more

13/04/07 - 14/04/07 A Dash of Utah As we’d stopped at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, an English woman we met told us that sunrise at Bryce Canyon was so beautiful that it had made her weep. Leaving Las Vegas, it was a slight detour North and would take us into an extra State where the book of Mormon, not the Gilead Bible makes bedside reading - Utah. To cause as much confusion as possible, seemed to be the goal of whoever named the viewpoints in Bryce Canyon National Park. The best place to watch sunset is at Sunrise Point and the best place to watch sunrise is at Bryce Point and Sunset point is no good for either or was it that the best place to watch sunrise is at Bryce point and the best ... read more