Bryce Canyon


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  As our summer travels come to an end, we’re now in St. George, Utah until after the Huntsman Games on Oct. 20th.
Our last trip of the year was to one of our favorite National Parks,  Bryce Canyon.  We got to Bryce on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.  The weather was really cool, the highs only in the low 70’s with the lows in the high 30’s.  No hookups, but we could run the generator during the day.  We actually had phone and internet in  the rig.  But, not being able to turn the generator on until 8:00 am,  we would stay in bed until then and get back in after we started the generator for the rig to get warmed up.  But of course, you could hike in the middle of the day and it wasn’t too hot. 
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Our friends, Nan and Kathy were at Bryce volunteering as park hosts.  We’re thinking of doing this next year if we can arrange our schedule.  You have full hookups, work 3 days on and 3 days off, and since you’re volunteering for the National Forest, you don’t get a 1099.
We’d have to convince both sides of the family to come visit us at Bryce instead of us going to them.
Bob in Hoodoos
  
   We have so many beautiful photos and panoramic pictures, that I can only post a few, also, without the depth, it’s really hard to see the real beauty. 
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jettye in arch
   We went hiking for 3 to 4 miles everyday.  The best hike is the bottom of Peek-a-boo loop connecting to the top of Navajo or Wall Creek.  It may only be a little over 3 miles, but the last portion is step and switch backs to get up out of the canyon. 
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It’s really a long way up, pictures just don’t do it justice. 

This may be the last actual post of the season, back to pickleball everyday.  That may be a little boring for the majority of my blog readers.  I’ll keep in touch on facebook or email.  bob & jettye

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