#7 Bryce Canyon National Park, UT

We arrived at Ruby's RV Park and Resort and had to dry camp the first night. So we didn't head into the Park until afternoon after we had our RV hooked up and the A/C on for Gidget. There is a free tram that takes you right into the Park with the first stop being the Visitor's Center. There we watched a short movie about the park. Then we hopped back on the tram and headed to our first stop. It is called the ampitheater.


Frank standing on the lookout overlooking the ampitheatre. Words cannot describe the beauty and size of this canyon. The colors and the shapes are amazing.


These pillars of sandstone that look like ancient people standing around are called Hoodoos. The three in the background look to me like urns for flowers. The one in front looks like it has eyes and a mouth.

We hiked about a mile and a half along the rim trail. I'm resting, again. It was up and down and every corner had another beautiful sight. We had our walking sticks and a little back pack with water for Frank and Iced Tea for Dixie. We drank it all before we finished this day.

This is only supposed to be 1.3 mile long loop, but it goes right down to the bottom where the river runs during the spring thaw. I said I was up for it if Frank was. So down we went.

That doesn't look too bad, does it? This is the beginning of the trail down.

We are still going down. This is about the half way point. Many, Many switchbacks. Lots of people also. Most of them are Europeans.

This is Wall Street. We are at the bottom of the switchbacks going through the Hoodoos and walls of the canyon. There was a major rock slide just two years ago and they rebuilt the trail right over the top of it, using switch backs. We are looking up to the top of the rim. Even the trees aren't as tall as the rock formations. I can't describe what it was like to walk on the floor of the canyon between these large formations, every corner we turned was more breathtaking than the next. It was well worth the trip down and the climb back up.

We are on the rim looking down on one of the many trails that decend into the canyons. There are hikers going one way and horse and riders going the other way. And we are up above watching. Very cool.
The second day we took a narrated tram ride to the north end of the canyon. Our tram driver stopped at this lookout point and took our picture with the window rock. Great views.

This was Fairyland point. Our tram driver told us his daughter was married at this point 13 years ago. Awesome.
This was a view point on the way to Green River, Ut. The rock formations are amazing. I don't have enough adjectives to tell you how pretty everything is.

This is what it looks like driving from Bryce Canyon to Green River. Not much traffic and views that don't stop.

We only drove 53 miles from Green River to Moab Rim Campark. It is located on the south end of Moab. We were amazed at all the stuff to do here. We paid for three days and then have decided to stay a week. Love being retired! The next post will be about our stay here in Moab.

We had to buy gasoline here in Moab. At the City Market, which is a Croger store like Ralph's, you can buy gasoline and you get a discount if you spend money at the grocery store. So we purchased gasoline for $4.16.9 a gallon. A lot cheaper than in CA!!