Monday, May 7, 2012...

I probably should first say that the town where we are staying, Tropic, Utah is at an elevation of 6,000 feet. You really wouldn't know that to look out the window as there is a huge flat field out behind our cabin and you can see mountains off in the distance. The one thing you do notice is that the air is extremely dry. Weather forecast on TV sounds much like northern NY with daytime highs in 60's and lows at night down near 40. They seem to add the "colder at higher elevations" like at home.

Yesterday afternoon we headed over to Bryce Canyon National Park. This place was another stop with amazing sights. The road through the park is about 18 miles long with about a dozen oil offs along the way wherebyou can get out and get a look at the canyon from different vantage points. Bryce is filled with what they call "hoodoos" which are pinnacles of stone created by Mother Nature. The stones are various shades of red, pink, white and a few yellow/gold colors. The last stop at the end of the park was over 9,000 feet high. Each stop brings different views so needless to say, we have taken a LOT of pictures. I actually saw a couple little patches of snow still on several of the rocks up there.

Today we went for a hike on a trail that runs along side the park where our views were more from the bottom of the canyon looking up. It is all a pretty amazing spectacle. We like the spot where we are staying so plan to stay here until Wed. It's nice to have a few days without moving on to enjoy the area.