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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