Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon N.P.
Who would have thought that erosion could create art?
There's a huge difference between Zion and Bryce Canyon.
In Zion, you are in the canyon looking up at the cliffs.
In Bryce, you are riding the canyon rim, stopping at overlooks to see the formations below you.

I've seen enough photos of Bryce Canyon to know what to expect.
And a wide panorama of the canyon looks just like all the photos you've seen.
But if you leave the rim and take a hike down into the canyon,
all the spires, hoodoos, windows, ribbons, and bridges become quite a spectacle.
I guess there's just something about humans that we aren't inspired by things we can look down on.
Take a helicopter ride above a grove of redwoods, and it's just a bunch of trees.

 

Back to Bryce...
If you only take the road along the rim and stop at the overlooks, you can see it all in half a day.
I took a short hike into the canyon to see some "shapes" close up.
And at 8,000 feet elevation, a short hike down becomes a long trek back up.
(Nice clean, crisp air, just not enough of it for me.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I saw this baby grizzly bear at Bryce Canyon:

 

 

There was a large gathering of antique Indian Motorcycles at Bryce.

 

 

 

 

 

I holed up in a Days Inn in Torrey, Utah after looking at the weather.

 

 

Tonight's forecast for Torrey:

30F and snow.
Tomorrow's forecast:
A high of 41F and more snow.
If the weather cooperates, I'll be at Capital Reef  N.P. tomorrow.
We'll see.

 

Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there (especially mine!)