Blogs from Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States, North America - page 17

On the way to Capitol Reef we also visited Goblin Valley State Park - an unusual collection of sandstone hoodoos that look a lot like mushrooms. Some of them are quite large and it was quite a maze to walk amongst them. We had a slight detour getting out of the park though and back on to the main road. I had a map that said there was another road back out but this actually turned out to be a 4wd drive road down a wash. It was rather late in the afternoon before we got back out again! The next morning we did the scenic drive through Capitol Reef National Park and saw quite a lot of mule deer. Capitol Reef is known to the Indians as the “land of the sleeping rainbow” and it ... read more

Seems to be some problem and our last two entries haven't been added. We've done Grand Canyon, Zion Canyon and Bryce Canyon. Back to Las Vegas tomorrow. Will update properly later. ... read more

Sonnenaufgang am Bryce Canyon! Es ist ein absolut ueberwaeltigendes Erlebnis und wir sind froh, dass wir frueh genug aufgestanden sind. Wir wandern auf dem Queens Garden Trail und dem Navajo Trail und sind hingerissen von den spektakulaeren roten, rosa und weissen Felsen. Der Sandstein ist hier in den unglaublichsten Formen zu sehen, den ganzen Tag lang staunen wir ueber Maerchenschloesser, Koenigsthrone, alle moeglichen Fabelwesen und vieles mehr. Der einzige Nachteil fuer Robert ist, dass die sogenannte "Wall Street" wegen Steinschlags gesperrt ist. Am Fairyland Point angelangt, stellen wir fest, dass wir auf unserer Reise von Tag zu Tag mehr beeindruckt sind. An dieser Stelle vielen Dank an Manfred und Markus, die uns entgegen unserem urspruenglichen Plan empfohlen haben, die Route in dieser Richtung zu planen. ... read more

And, apparently "The Best Fires On Earth". I slept under the glow from the blaze on Navajo Mountain. It was about 50 miles away and you could see the flames. From my understanding, that's a smaller one. Parts of Zion are closed and you can smell the smoke,as well as see it, from many miles away. It has been a very fun couple of days. I am staying at Bryce Canyon; at the historic Ruby Inn. It's just a stupid Best Western. Rented a White Toyota Camry. Not a bad little car. But I digress. Flew through Monument Valley on the way to Hall's Crossing Airport. It's ONLY ten miles from Lake Powell. Very hot and long bike ride. After sitting for a few minutes I decided to bike down to the ferry and take it ... read more

On our way in to Bryce we stopped at the Red Canyon. This wasn’t a planned stop it was just so beautiful we had to explore and take some pics. The rocks were the most brilliant, intense shade of red - enough to rival Ayres Rock. Bryce is only about 2 -3 hours from Zion. We arrived about lunch time and drove in. This park also had a shuttle but it didn’t run as frequently as at Zion and so we decided to take our car around. The parks are so big that driving around is necessary we weren’t just being lazy! As with Zion the early inhabitants were the American Indians and the Mormons. The place itself is named after a Mormon settler called Ebenezer Bryce who famously stated that the canyon was ‘a hell ... read more