We arrived at Bryce Canyon Pines Campground in Bryce, Utah. After lunch in the trailer we headed to Red Canyon, which we hadn’t been to before. It was only five miles from the campground. We hiked the Pink Ledge Trail which had Bryce-like red spires and rock formations. On this one-mile trail we saw totems, yucca, juniper, fir, ponderosa pine (its bark smells like a hint of vanilla or butterscotch), greenleaf manzanita and lots of pinnacles of pink, red and yellow colored hoodoos. It was a warm, beautiful hike where the trail was cut into the side of the mountain, but we took it easy and survived! We were told by the volunteer in the visitor center that there was one very steep section and we did what he suggested, which was to start at the other end so we would come down that part and make our knees work instead of climbing up and having our hearts and lungs do the hard work. We were glad we listened to his suggestion. Then we ‘did’ the Hoodoo Trail, which was very easy and short. Judy went back to the truck and Mike did a little ‘photo’ trail that was also short. Not having enough yet, Mike drove Dave’s Hollow Loop where we were told we would see lots of elk, but……..instead we saw a few deer. The road was dirt and VERY rutted, but again, we survived! The road was constructed for all terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.
BRYCE CANYON
We headed into Bryce Canyon National Park where we saw thousands of multihued hoodoos (pillars of limestone of fantastic shapes, left by erosion. No where else in the world can one find a concentration of pinnacles with odd shapes like those found in Bryce Canyon. The Paiute Indians thought these to be the petrified remains of the ‘legend people,’ turned to stone for their evil ways and frozen in time forever. Besides the hoodoos we also saw natural bridges, the amphitheater, valleys, plateaus, mountains, canyons, wildflowers, arches, forests, and even some layers of cap rock that hadn’t been eroded yet. It is an amazing park to visit and it can all be done in one day if need be since it only 56 square miles.
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