Bruce Canyon NP and the Hoodoos!

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Posted by whalerho | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 11-08-2008

Bryce National Park was really a one of a kind place.  Anyone ever heard of “hoodoos?”  They are amazing rock formations unlike anything we had ever seen.  It was as if we landed on another planet.  We took a hike through the “Queen’s Garden” and got up close and personal with these rock “sculptures”.  We make the 3 mile trek (in 85 degree weather) with only bottle of water for the 5 of us. We declared Andrew the “water boy” after this debockle! (What were we thinking??) 

Ken, Poohnut and I woke up one morning at 5:30AM to watch the sunrise over the canyon.  Then we made sure to watch the sunset as well.  Lighting really makes the canyon come alive and changes so much of its dimensions. 

The kids found a great place to do jumps on their bikes and I swear they would have been happy just doing jumps for 8 hours in the day!  Simply pleasures. . .

Without a doubt, there were far more foreigners than Americans in this park.  It was cool listening to all the different foreign accents.  The women sure dressed nicely to go on these long hikes.  I now prefer my “keens” to my high wedges – something I am amazed to admit!!
From Bryce, we took off for the famous Zion National Park. 

 

 

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