2016 Road Trip - Bryce Canyon National Park

As our schedule was tight we booked our camp sites months in advance to ensure we had a place to stay once we got to the parks. We were a bit late arriving at Bryce Canyon National Park and found our reserved camp site at Sunset Campground already occupied. Fortunately the hosts at the campground took care of the squatter situation and we were able to get our site back. It was a very nice site and we were able take in some down time for the first time during the trip. Though it was warm during the day it got very cold during the night which was a sharp contrast to our stay at Arches. The Perseid meteor shower occurred on our first night. Though it was tough getting up at 4 am, Jamie and I were able to seem some of the meteors streak through the sky.

The next morning we went to Sunset Point to see the park's famous hoodoos. These orange rock spires filled the edge of the canyon and were a very unique sight. We did the Navajo trail which took us down into the canyon among the hoodoos. The kids loved this part of the hike and Vivian said we were shrinking down and going into an ant hill. Their attitude changed once we started heading back out via the Queen's Garden trail. The high altitude, elevation gain and heat produced much whining by the end of the hike. Once back a the campground we took in some much needed rest.

The next day we did the scenic drive to the 9000' Rainbow Point where we got some great views of the canyon. We then drove back through the park to the entrance to do a final hike on the Mossy Cave trail. Not surprisingly it went to a cool mossy cave and also a waterfall.