Kanab to Bryce Canyon
Time to reassess our route this morning. We are 70miles from the northern rim of the GC Grand Canyon and 250 miles from the more usually visited South Rim. Decisions are tough and we play around with maybe a tourist flight from Vegas, flagging the North Rim altogether and just heading to the South Rim. We also want to get to Bryce Canyon 70miles away and Zion 40miles. I figure we could possibly afford to miss Zion as it appeared quite similar to Yosemite from the pics I had seen. Bryce is a must do especially as we are missing the Canyonlands and The Arches National Parks. We eventually decide to do the Northern Rim this morning and head to Bryce Canyon for the night.
Wow, what a spectacular sight! The sheer enormity of this place is amazing. We are lost for words here. When Andy and I were last in Vegas we took a flight over the Canyon and that was wonderful, but the feeling of standing on the edge of this place is awe inspiring. There is a short hiking trail out to one of the points and we take a wander out there with the boys practicing their very best hiking walks. There were a couple of spots where there was just a walkway with sheer drops down both sides I freaked out at that and had to look straight ahead so I could walk across them, much to the amusement of the boys. We were again affected with short breath being at 8000 feet here and I commented to Andy how Dad must have felt with not being able to breathe properly. We spent quite a bit of time here just taking in all the views and taking what seems like 50million pics.
We now have a rather short drive to Bryce Canyon and after only a couple of hours driving it feels like we have cheated somehow after all our huge long days at the wheel.
Just before we pull into Bryce we come across Red Canyon which is outstanding and looks like a whole bunch of huge red circumcised penises. The boys get a huge kick out of this and nickname them circys. We cannot believe how red the rock is, very very pretty. Off to our campground for the night where we have probably our last campfireof the tour. It is very cold outside and the fire is very welcome. We finish up the night reading campfire stories by candlelight a wonderful family night.
