Today was a day to visit Bryce National Park located in SW Utah. The drive from the campground was about 20 miles and basically a high plateau, mixed grassland and stoney foothills. Our plan was to take one motorhome to the Park and use the free Park Shuttle to move within the Park. On one section of the road approaching, we passed through Red Canyon/National Scenic Byway 12 an unplanned treat. A section of about 2-3 miles of breathtaking red rock cliffs along the road.
When we entered the Park from Bryce canyon City, where we parked the Rv and picked up the shuttle, we first stopped at The Visitor Center and picked up some detailed Park info and quickly viewed the small museum. It was devoted primarily to the wildlife & geology of the Park and the Southern Utah/Northern Az area.
Next the Shuttle took us to the highest viewpoint in the Park (Bryce Point) where we departed the bus for a quick view. (So we thought).
Two hours and 1.5 miles later we rejoined the shuttle at Inspiration Point. We had decided to walk the Rim Trail along the Canyon and wow!! We were walking and climbing at an altitude from 8335' up & down to 8100' and the views were unbelievable.
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| This is a Hoodoo! |
I think I took 100 pictures. We may have been the slowest on the trail, but no one enjoyed it more than we did. We traveled to Sunset Point and departed the bus again for more views of this spectacular canyon.
We returned to the Visitor Center for a few momentos and headed for a late lunch outside the Park.
Our remaining afternoon at the campground was spent talking with our hosts (new owners of the KOA) and catching up on our blogs/scrapbooks, etc. After making our reservations for the next night, we retired to our RV's for dinner and sleep.
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