National Parks, Outdoors, Travel 2016

2016 National Parks – Part 3

Part 3 — Bryce Canyon National Park

After Zion we headed over to Bryce Canyon National Park.  Arriving in the afternoon, we drove to Rainbow Point and viewed much of the canyon from roadside observation points.

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It was quite chilly at Rainbow Point

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The sandstone erosion creates many windows and arches.

The next morning we hiked the Navajo and Queen’s Loops from Sunset Point to Sunrise Point and then back to Sunset Point on the rim trail.

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The switchbacks descending into Bryce on the Navajo Trail.
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Peekaboo!
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Hoodoo formations at Bryce Canyon NP make it a fairyland.
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Thor’s Hammer