Saturday, we made one more trip into Zion for a couple of short trails and to watch the movie on Zion. We were back home early. This RV park has cable and we were able to watch some football especially the Iowa vs. Penn State game. Go Hawks!
Today we visited Bryce Canyon NP, Red Canyon NF, and Cedar Breaks NM. It was a busy day. Bryce Canyon is not nearly as busy as Zion, but still has a shuttle bus available. One thing we noticed today, more than any other day, was we both thought we were in a different country. Today we heard a lot of German. Our national parks sure draw a lot of foreign visitors.
Lots of pictures today and yesterday
Top left is the ‘where we are’ photo for the past three days. Top right is called the ‘Weeping Rock’. Above left is just a view from the shuttle stop. The other is the ‘Court of the Patriarchs,’ three peaks that are called Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We were told that two Methodist ministers road through the canyon in the early 1900’s and named many formations. Maybe we’re lucky they didn’t call them Moe, Curley, and Larry.
Here are our Sunday photos. Above right formations are call ‘Grottos.’
Bryce Canyon NP are views from the top down, compared to Zion where the views are bottom up. Beautiful scenery!
On the way in and out of Bryce Canyon NP, we drove through Red Canyon National Forest. There are two tunnels and a sign that says that Butch Cassidy spent time here.
The above four photos are from Cedar Breaks National Monument created by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. Cedar Breaks is over 603,000 acres and its latest attendance figures show that only slightly over 500,000 people visit annually. The park brochure says that if it were in any other state it would have lots more visits. Because it’s in Southern Utah it competes against Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands.
Driving back toward Zion, this is our last photo of the area.
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