Sep 2, 2012 - Zion NP to Bryce Canyon 2 September

Before leaving Springdale we visited the ghost town of Grafton. This was settled in the early 1800's by the Mormons. It's claim to fame is that it was used in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. We arrived in Bryce Canyon at 12.15 and had a quick lunch before going into the park for our horse ride. We travelled from the top of the canyon to the valley floor. It's an amazing place.They used both horses and mules on our ride. It was an excellent ride and our guide was very funny. "What's the difference between an outlaw and a...

Apr 28, 2011 - Bryce Valley KOA

While in the Bryce area we stayed at the KOA in Cannonville, a very small town with great scenery. I took a few photos around the campground and surrounding area. And, FINALLY got my first picture of pronghorn. Maxine

Sep 12, 2010 - To Bryce Canyon Nat'l Park

Got up early and hit the road, this time going slightly north around Salt Lake city, then south on highway 215/15. While the freeway provided a bit more stressful driving, it was Sunday morning, so was not too bad. The speed limit is definitely higher than the backroads I used to get to Tooele, in fact, there were two "speed test sections" where the speed limit was 80mph. I tried to stay below that.... Lots more high desert on this road (yep, same as the back roads), but plenty of radio reception, so the morning went quickly. Except for the...

May 13, 2009 - Bryce

So much that I have seen has been beautiful, often breathtaking. But only in the hoodoo canyons of Bryce did I long for the ancient doors of LSD, through which I could fully experience the downright weird - in a place where sun, shadow, ice, and endless time have sculpted golden rocks and hoodoos and where coveys of French tourists scramble my mind and where horses clop past in a Fellini movie and where the rays of a setting sun shine through holes on the horizon as burns smoke in the distance. Wow.

Oct 7, 2008 - Bryce Canyon

Drove north today on hwy 89 through the Navajo reservation, which takes up a huge section of northeast Arizona. Lots of jewellery and pottery stands. Southern Utah was really beautiful to drive through .. more canyons and cool rock formations. Lots of red rock glowing in the afternoon sun. There are interesting-looking little places that I'd like to stop at, but don't want to take the time. I need to cover a certain amount of ground every driving day. Some other time maybe? I see an RV in my future :) with an espresso-maker on board! Not...

Jul 29, 2008 - Bryce Canyon, Utah Day 2

Time stops in a place like Bryce Canyon. We become so insignificant when we look at wonders that are almost unreal. I had so much excitment today when we would drive or walk around a corner and uncover the next treasure on our journey through the Canyon's. It was awesome to walk down into the step Canyon with my family all together. We each explored the hike in a different way but together as a team as well. I wish the walk could have lasted forever. We caught just a dribble of rain and some roaring thunder, enough to get us a little...

Jul 28, 2008 - Bryce Canyon, Utah

Today we saw lot's of beautiful things like red rock moutains and canyons. Even though I was asleep for half the ride it was fun. Also today me and my awesome brother beat Guitar Hero on hard and have moved on to Expert. When we got to the KOA my awesome sister went to the park togather and I tought her who to do a backflip off a swing. We ended today with a fun game of Yahtzee. please e-mail us!!!!! the one and only Cavy

Jun 12, 2008 - Moab to Bryce Canyon

Another day of changing scenery. We set off with the Dyke Prices at 8.00am. Rick and Robin like to travel at about the same speed and none of us is generally in a hurry to be first away so we have spent a few days with them lately. We drove through sand dunes and desert rocks for some time so we resorted to the IPOD listening to podcasts from Radios 3 and 4. The indifferent scenery didn’t last for long. We saw cliffs with red and grey stripes and then that Robin variously christened raspberry ripple, vanilla, caramel etc. The vegetation...

Nov 4, 2007 - Scenic Byway 12, Utah

Daylight savings time is over and mornings are brighter, but I'm not looking forward to it getting dark before 6:00 pm. Oh well, maybe I'll try to get an earlier start from now on. Today I did just that after a sit-down breakfast at Sky Ridge Inn with all of the other guests. We traded stories and then went our own separate ways. I was headed west today along Scenic Byway 12 towards Bryce Canyon National Park. The road itself was truly my destination today. I wanted to take the time to explore some of the back roads and lesser known sites...

Oct 28, 2007 - Bryce Canyon

The drive today takes us from one perspective to another. We know this to be the case, but until you see it..... From the low valley floor and climbing out of Zion through a twisty route we leave this behind and take long sweeping wide roads and vistas for many miles. No open shops, strange "ghost towns" shut for the winter, the odd gas station, the town with two sheriff's cars parked up to monitor the 40 mph zone, and no food - until we come to the fabulous "Riverside". Goodness knows where the river is, but through the dust we find some...

Sep 29, 2007 - Hoodoo People

A Prodigy reference. A nice night's sleep and a good buffet breakfast surrounded by signed pics of famous actors who stayed here, including a younger Lee Van Cleef, Omar Shariff, John Wayne, etc, etc. And now back to camping! Why?! So we drove to Bryce Canyon, through some pretty stunning scenery, quite the business round here. After setting up camp we had a five hour hike in Bryce Canyon and a drive along the side, visiting all the viewpoints and the huge views for many, many miles over fab wilderness. Luckily the worsening weather didn't...

Sep 21, 2007 - Mossy Cave & Red Canyon Area

The views from this area are very similiar to those of the Bryce & the Grand Straircase area. One of the differences is a "river" in the canyon. In the 1880's this river did not exist. Settlers in the area needed consistent water for the area of Tropic, Utah. To accomplish this they dug a ditch. No big deal it only took them 10 YEARS to dig the ditch through the mountains and into the canyon. When we visited the area, the river was a calm stream, with a few small water falls about 4 - 5 feet wide. The river bed itself is at least 50 feet...