Bryce Canyon & Beyond

 

On Tuesday after “The Wave” we headed out and went to Ruby Inn and RV Park right outside of Bryce Canyon.  Just rested for Tuesday Evening.

Next morning we needed to rest my toes from hiking so just went over to Grosvenor Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. 100_5348 

Have you ever seen Baby’s Breath on the plant, I hadn’t.  If you arrange flowers, this area has all the already dried flowers you need.

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Next we headed for Krodachrome State Park.  They were awarded the name by Kodak after National Geographic did a story on them severalyears back. 100_5378 Stitch

Thursday, we hiked the Fairyland Trail in Bryce Canyon.  This is the most strenuous hike in Bryce, but is only a 8 mile loop.  The scenery was awesome.

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There are so many pictures and so many views, that it’s hard to pick out which ones to post.  It was a fantastic hike with many ups and down.  We really enjoyed it.

Today, we just took a 3 mile hike of the Navajo Loop and Queen’s Garden.  It was really crowded.  In all our other hikes, we make have run into people every 30 minutes or hour or so, and this was constant with children running around and crying.  Couldn’t really enjoy the scenery.  On the Fairy Land Trail, all you could hear were the birds and wind blowing through the trees, it was great.  I guess, Bob and I are not really fond of crowds. We still had some beautiful sights and enjoyed what was still a workout since the trail went to the bottom andcame back up, at least 700 ft or so. 100_5453100_5448P6100013 Stitch

We’re heading to Boise, Id. tomorrow for a little pickleball. 

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