We didn't really have any hard and fast plans for the trip. But this place wasn't even on our radar. However, when we found out that we were going to be somewhat close and that it still had snow, we made sure we could spend some time there.
Bryce Canyon National Park is one of our very favorite places. We saw it with the kids on our cross-country trip in 1997. We have a picture of our 16-year-old son, who also happens to be named Bryce, standing among the hoodoos and looking particularly regal.
We visited again in 2004 as a couple when we tent camped our way through six national parks in ten days.
Here we are again. There are a lot less tourists. There is a lot of snow. It's beautiful!
At almost nine thousand feet high, it's also very cold. It was 32 degrees at the park when we started hiking the Rim Trail, which still had a fair amount of snow on it. It warmed up about ten degrees by the time we finished. We then drove as far as the roads were open to some other view areas. Towards the end of the afternoon, a storm blew in and spit snow on us.
Because we love this place so much, it's been very hard to curate the photos in H's Gallery. He took hundreds of them. But we'll limit the gallery to about 20. We've tried to give you several different perspectives of the park. Look for something different in each photo. I see castles, fortresses, and sentinels.
For now, we'll leave you with this Limber Pine that seems to be hanging on for dear life.
We visited again in 2004 as a couple when we tent camped our way through six national parks in ten days.
Here we are again. There are a lot less tourists. There is a lot of snow. It's beautiful!
At almost nine thousand feet high, it's also very cold. It was 32 degrees at the park when we started hiking the Rim Trail, which still had a fair amount of snow on it. It warmed up about ten degrees by the time we finished. We then drove as far as the roads were open to some other view areas. Towards the end of the afternoon, a storm blew in and spit snow on us.
Because we love this place so much, it's been very hard to curate the photos in H's Gallery. He took hundreds of them. But we'll limit the gallery to about 20. We've tried to give you several different perspectives of the park. Look for something different in each photo. I see castles, fortresses, and sentinels.
For now, we'll leave you with this Limber Pine that seems to be hanging on for dear life.
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