We stayed for three days at a nice KOA in the small town of Panguitch, Utah so we could explore in and around Bryce Canyon National Park. We took a drive towards the park, going through a fairly muted landscape of greyish limestone (shown below).
Then we entered Red Canyon and the scenery instantly changed to the reddish orange hue pictured below. It was really picturesque and we stopped to hike a short trail beside the highway to take a closer look and get some photos.
Further down the road we entered Bryce and drove the full length of the park and back to get an overview. The road runs along the top of the cliffs so you look down into the canyons and see the rock formations from above.
There are some fairly short but very steep trails that lead from the rim down into the canyons, but it was just too hot to do any hiking during the day. Maybe if we come back some year in the fall we will get a chance to experience the landscape up close.
July 4th, 2009 at 7:14 am Wow! The colour is fantastic and the sky colour intense.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:25 pm The red and blue together are wonderful! I want to go!