Mary Lou and I stopped at Bryce Canyon NP in 2007 on the way home from the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Didn't see much of it since both Mary Lou and I were feeling a little under the weather. What I did see I loved and vowed to come back ... which we did in late August of 2009. Bryce Canyon is much smaller than the Grand Canyon, but it has an ornate, other-world appearance that it's not fair to compare the two. Sunlight in the morning or afternoon seems to glow off the muli-colored rocks.
A taste of what is in Bryce Canyon from Utah route 12, one of the most scenic highways in America.
More of the same.
Some early morning light seen in 2007.
More panoramic scenery from 2007.
Shot this photo in 2009. Note the folks, or "dots," in the upper left-hand of the enlarged photo.
This is an amazing place.
Thor's Hammer is one of the scenic sights at the park.
Another panoramic view.
A needle of a spire in the midst of the canyon.
We got to see plenty of deer in the early morning of our 2009 visit. It was a joy to watch the playfulness of the young fawns.
The fawns still had their spots.
Not sure why some deer were decidedly darker, almost sooty in appearance.
Another spire with vegetation growing on top of it.
The park rangers are fond of giving the various rock features fanciful names. This outcropping of white rocks looked, to me, like a crowd of Russian women blanketed with snow.
One last view of the spires and hoodoos of Bryce Canyon NP
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