Bryce Canyon

We arrived in Bryce Canyon City yesterday.

 

 

 

We are staying at a campground just outside the park named Ruby’s Inn RV Park.  It is part of a large complex (hotel, store, campground) that started as a small inn in the early 1900s where visitors came to see Bryce Canyon. The inn was established by Rueben (aka Ruby) and Minnie Syrett who grew up in the area. There are not many other campers here.

 

 

Today we visited Bryce Canyon National Park. The park is smaller than many others, located on a high plateau (note the elevations on the signs below) , and has spectacular views.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We learned a new word a few months ago. The rock formations in formed by erosion in many locations in the southwest are called ‘hoodoos’. There are loads of beautiful hoodoos in Bryce Canyon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were some warning signs posted.

 

 

 

We saw an area where a forest fire had occurred a few years ago. It does not seem that much a grown back yet.

 

 

And we got a taste of the cold and snow we missed in Massachusetts this winter. It was in the 30s all day and there was plenty of snow and wind. Luckily the sun was warm and we did not need to shovel any snow.