After checking in to our cabin, we headed to the visitor's center to plan our strategy for our short stay in Bryce. We decided to do the drive along the rim, then dinner in the lodge, then possibly a moonlit walk on the rim hiking trail outside the cabins. The park encompasses a 19-mile long stretch of canyon. The road sits on the rim of that canyon and only has turnouts/lookouts on the rim-side of the road. It's highly recommended that you drive to the end of the road, then stop at the lookouts on the way back where they will always be on the right side of the road.
Sounds good. Lets go! The first point is Rainbow Point. Altitude 9,115 feet?! Eeegads we are high up!
At the first few stops, we were just looking at pretty canyons. We've seen pretty canyons. We started skipping lookouts or doing the 30-second run-and-look routine. But then we hit Bryce Lookout and that was all she wrote. These hoodoo things are impressive, and they're made out of the same thing as the arches and canyons we've already seen: Navaho sandstone and water over time. How can all these places be so close, have the same makeup, and yet each look so uniquely different and beautiful?
Bonus! Animal on the side of the road!
And then we had dinner in the lodge. At first it looked like it was going to be overpriced and overrated but we had a great server and the half-portions were plentiful and economical. I had elk chili! Quite yummy.
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