Woke up very excited this morning as it was our 15 year anniversary to date! Ok so that is in dating terms rather than marriage but still an achievement worth celebrating. ; )
We left the wonderful Canyons Bnb at Escalante on full stomaches and buzzing excitement. Stopped to chat to the happy bikies who were staying in the room next to us – full leather, beautiful cruisers and they were going through Death Valley where the temperature goes up to 45 degrees!
We left the wonderful Canyons Bnb at Escalante on full stomaches and buzzing excitement. Stopped to chat to the happy bikies who were staying in the room next to us – full leather, beautiful cruisers and they were going through Death Valley where the temperature goes up to 45 degrees!
First stop was Petrified Forest in Escalante where Greg and the Ranger convinced me to do the 45min walk. It was quite pretty and petrified wood is so colourful!
Then we made our way to Bryce Canyon – which upon reflection is the highlight of all the deserts we’ve seen. We managed to have a picnic in a burnt out area of the Bryce canyon which was the only place away from the crowds. The tour buses were pouring in from Vegas, loads of tourists coming for the day with highly inadequate hiking clothing. Luckily they mostly stayed at the top and Greg was not called for any more medical emergencies (the two on the plane/amtrak were enough!).
Although I did have the urge to take some pics of the ‘asian hats’ we saw – oh I just know my mum would love these huge brim, fluoro hats that are so incredibly umm…fashionable?! But I refrained. Sadly.
Although I did have the urge to take some pics of the ‘asian hats’ we saw – oh I just know my mum would love these huge brim, fluoro hats that are so incredibly umm…fashionable?! But I refrained. Sadly.
Back to the natural wonder of Bryce Canyon, this was our favourite of all the deserts we visited. Its just breathtaking and I’ll let the photos do the talking.
We did descend into the Canyon itself and I took some great footage. Sadly I cannot get to it right now so you’ll see a video later on. (LONG STORY: We are in La Paz as I write this and my computer has an operation limit of 10,000ft and we are at 12,000 so writing and getting the pics for this blog is a bit of a challenge!)
We did descend into the Canyon itself and I took some great footage. Sadly I cannot get to it right now so you’ll see a video later on. (LONG STORY: We are in La Paz as I write this and my computer has an operation limit of 10,000ft and we are at 12,000 so writing and getting the pics for this blog is a bit of a challenge!)
It was hot dusty but amazing to descend into the canyon and walk amongst the hoodoos. Very haunting and eerie, some of the hoodoos have weathered away leaving walls with windows and turrets. Walking between them is just awe inspiring.
Later we drove to Panguitch the nearest town about 40min away, and were treated to a family run BBQ for dinner – yum-o.
