Lovely Bryce Canyon. 57 degrees this morning. I meant to bring the griddle but still managed to make decent pancakes in a skillet. We had our breakfast outside in one of the nicer spots we have had.
Apparently, I am torturing my family - see!
We drove a few miles further to the most beautiful place we have seen yet in this trip. Bryce Canyon is home of the "hoodoo". Hoodoos are tall skinny spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of arid basins. At Bryce Canyon, hoodoos range in size from that of an average human to heights exceeding a 10-story building. Formed in sedimentary rock, hoodoo shapes are affected by the erosional patterns of alternating hard and softer rock layers. Thirty to 40 million years ago this rock was "born" in an ancient lake that covered much of Western Utah. Minerals deposited within different rock types cause hoodoos to have different colors throughout their height. And that concludes the educational segment.
And no, words cannot describe and pictures cannot do it justice. Just know that this definitely makes the top ten list of places you must visit one day!!
Horse-averse Maxwell did not want to ride horses so we rented ATV's for an hour and got filthy!!
Back home - whew!!
Having had visions of nightly s'mores, we finally had a night with a fire and blazing marshmallows.
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