Bryce Canyon N P

 

"That's nearly got it; just a little more to your right."

Taken at Paria View, don't know what Paria is - or was.

Don't know the people in the picture, either.

Don't know if the lady in red survived the photo op.

 

Also from Paria View.

The harder white cap rock is plainly visible here.  When the cap rock is all eroded the softer pink rock below it erodes rapidly. 

 

There are hikers on the trail that cuts through the middle of the picture.

The girl in the yellow shorts is a hottie, yes?

We planned a brief stop here to take a gander at the hoodoos, then move on to a Forest Service campground down the road a piece.  Instead, we decided to stay a couple nights seeing as how there was plenty of room in the campground and you can't take a trailer to some of the best viewpoints.

 

Above and below are from Bryce Point.

Bryce was a rancher in these parts in the late 1800s.

 

 

I was here in the mid 80s while on a whirlwind backpacking tour that included Bryce, Zion, Arches, Grand Canyon north rim, et al, only stopped briefly at Bryce.  Trish has been here a couple times and hiked down into the canyon a time or two.

 

Chess anyone?

Taken on Queen's Garden Trail, which descends a mile down into the canyon.

 

Looking down Queen's Garden Trail from Sunrise Point.

You can just see Trish's head in lower left.

 

This is the end of Queen's Garden Trail.

The taller hoodoo on the right resembles a statue of Queen Victoria.  Sorta.

I think the smaller one on Queenie's right resembles a flying fish.

Another viewer said it looked like an airplane; I commented that he must be drinking stronger stuff than Trish and I.  He laughed.

 

Our campground is at 8100' altitude so it's chilly at night, 46 degrees at 6:30 AM.  By contrast, we'll be back in LHC in a couple days and running the A/C cuz it'll be 85-90 in the early AM; it'll be cooling down nicely there soon, however.

 

 

This shot and next 2 are returning up Queen's Garden Trail. 

 

 Taking a break, nearly back to trail head.