Sunday, August 3, 2014

Day 9: Bryce Canyon - Utah

We woke up this morning to Tait getting drilled by a pissed park ranger who was less than happy about our vehicles being parked up on the grass, guess he wasn't aware of the typhoon we had last night. Tait and some of the girls went into town to get the van fixed while the rest of us stayed on the island and cooked breakfast.


Hoodoo's 
Soon after we heard back from Tait and we drove out to meet up with the rest of the group. After getting everyone together again we set out to our campsite in Bryce Canyon. We found our site and set up our things before we got on a bus and headed to our hike.
A picture from inside the canyon





Everyone grabbing photos of the amazing landscape
 We hiked along the rim of the canyon, marveling at the deep gorges formed from an ancient ocean and weathering by rain and snow.
The Queen, from The Queens Gardens

We took some fun pictures with the hoodoos, the large towers of rock coming up from the ground, and even hiked to The Queens Garden. The hike took us through stone arches and and up switchbacks, the distinct redness of the rock was definitely something to wonder at. We got back to our campsite fairly early so we were able to make a pretty good dinner and take our time tonight. We even had some milky way's for dessert thanks to the lovely donation from a nearby group. We spent the night stargazing and sitting around the fire until we had nothing left to burn and everyone went to bed, it was one of my favorite nights on the trip. 

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