Blogs from Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States, North America - page 18

Hi Everyone, I know I have been updating this journal every day (hopefully you're not getting sick of reading them) but everyday there is just something so beautiful. Yesterday we spent the day in Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park. They are both in southern utah about 30 minutes from each other so we spent half a day in each. Bryce Canyon was so much more beautiful than I thought. The Canyon was so vast and colorful. The rocks were bright orange, red, yellow, with a backdrop of lush green trees and snow capped mountains. Our first stop was the Bryce Amphithreatre that included Inspiration, Sunset, and Sunrise Point. While we were there a thunder and lighting storm was off in the distance. YOu could actually see the lighting strikes down into the canyon. ... read more

To get to Utah from the Grand Canyon South Rim you must go east about 35 miles and then north a hundred miles or so to the first bridge over the Colorado river at Marble Canyon AZ. From there its west over to Fredonia and north into Utah. We moseyed (sp?) up US 89 to the Hitching Post Campground in Panguitch, UT. Panguitch is a neat little cowboy town and is the gateway to Bryce Canyon. A local wrangler told us about a butcher shop where we bought some great ribeye steaks for the grill. It's about a 60 mile round trip from Panguitch to the end of Bryce Canyon, and is also a pretty good climb up to 10,000 feet. The canyon consists of several "amphitheaters" cut into the limestone along the eastern edge of ... read more

We zijn twee dagen in Bryce Canyon geweest. Er bleek iets mis met de hotelboeking en we werden herplaatst. We zaten in een soort houten blokhut. Wel gezellig (en opzich ook wel schoon etc), maar het internet was hierdoor wat moeilijker :-) Bryce Canyon was echt top. De eerste middag een korte, maar stijle afdaling in de Canyon gedaan. De tweede dag een 13 (lees: DERTIEN :-) ) km lange hikingstocht gedaan. Dit was werkelijk heel mooi, maar ik was ook KAPOT. Deze dertien km bevatte meerdere klims en afdalingen... Na afloop vermoedde ik dat mijn benen vocht vast hielden, maar Jacinta zei dat dit onzin was :-)))) Echt niet normaal meer! ... read more

What a glorious place! Despite the fact that we arrived with the rain, this is one amazing place. We hiked to Queen's Garden in nearly pouring rain but still were impressed by the beauty! This park is filled with hoodoos, which are unique formations of the rock from years of water and wind. The Paoute indians refused to stay here because they thought the Hoodoos were bad people who had been frozen in stone. Sadly, due to clouds, no stars... The next morning the Schanz gang and Ryan took a horseback ride to the bottom of the canyon and back. Bud, Linda's horse, loved walking ON the edge of the trail and Jenae, Ryan's horse, loved to try to reach the plants that were over the edge to eat. Dave's horse, Jesse, should have been called ... read more

After leaving Zion National Park, we arrrived at Bryce Canyon in the afternoon. We quickly found a camping space and set out to explore the park before the sun set. First we walked over to the Amphitheatre at Inspiration Point to check out the amazing views, and then headed down into the Canyon along Wallstreet and Navajo Loop Trail. There is nothing that compares to the view from down inside the canyon among the hoodoos. We were stopping to take pictures every few feet. The colors at that time of day were unbelievable and I am sure the photos don't do them justice. We traveled the short loop through the canyon and came back up on the Thor's Hammer side. The sun was starting to leave the area so our photo opportunities were fading quickly. Once ... read more