Hoodoos


Today can best be summed up by a guy we overheard today saying, “I have said ‘Wow’ 50 times today”.  That is what we experienced today at Bryce Canyon National Park…the ‘Wow Factor’.

But I get ahead of myself.  The temperature this morning when we got up was 6 degrees.  We knew there would be radical differences between daytime highs and nighttime lows, but you have to experience this to believe it.  Bryce Canyon this morning was below freezing.  They get more than 180 days of the year where temperatures swing widely between freezing nights and warm afternoons.  We experienced one of those 180 days today.

Today we got up and personal with the ‘hoodoos’.  We were able to hike down off the rim in the early morning.  You are probably by now wondering, what the heck is a ‘hoodoo’?  Simply put, they are bulbous columns made of rock.  Hopefully that is what our pictures will show.

We then hiked the rim and were able to look down upon these strange looking formations.  From High above…and I mean high above at more than 8000 feet, the scene below changes in a way that is impossible to describe.  So, I will once again just say, “WOW”.

Tomorrow we move on to what we know will be a whole new experience…The Grand Canyon.

Distance Traveled = 117 km.  Wildlife Sightings = Robin, House Sparrow, Cowbird, Turkey Vulture, Deer, Scrub Jay, Stellar Jay, Western Bluebird, White-throated Swift, Violet-green Swallow, Utah Prairie Dog, Uinta Chipmunk.


Hoodoos


More Hoodoos


Natural Tunnel on the trail


Easier way up/down than we took!


Trail down into the Hoodoos


Hiking up to Inspiration Point


Hoodoos from above


More Hoodoos from above

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