BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK AMONGST THE HOODOOS

Bryce Canyon lies within the Colorado Plateau

This national park is best known for hoodoos which are vertical rock formations formed by the freezing and thawing of water. They have 200 days a year when it both freezes and thaws. The only other place on earth like it is somewhere in Turkey. The Hoodoo formations are simply breath-taking and distinctive with their gold, pink, orange and white colored spires and columns. Of all the federal holes in the ground… Bryce Canyon is by FAR the most unique. 

JR captures some wildlife from afar

Which hoodoo below are you on?

Long horn prong

It is very pristine and much more accessible and less crowded than the Grand Canyon. Taking the 18 miles on the rim scenic drive up to the highest point known as Rainbow Point is the way to start.  Then on the way down one can stop at all the overlooks of Bryce Canyon on the right hand side while descending through the park. 

We've been to many places with red rocks and a few places with hoodoos but this was the most impressive by far. The hoodoos are so numerous and the scale of the canyon is grand and vast. It is impressive from the rim, but to really appreciate it you’d have to take a hike down into the canyon.

Seeing the sunset fill the color palette of the hoodoos from both Sunset Point and Paria View was by far the best spots to catch the glow. Hold onto your cameras carefully while at lookouts. At one point I heard JR shout “Oh my God” as I turned around to see him climb up over a guard railing. The Nikon camera had dropped out of his unzipped backpack just over the rail to the ground not far from the edge of a 7000 foot drop. My heart pounded as he made a quick adrenaline rush to retrieve it. Not the kind of excitement one needs to have.