ttora4runner
Expedition Leader
This last weekend (July 16-17) I headed on down to Bryce Canyon to meet up with my singles ward (LDS/Mormon thing)for a couple of days. They had been in the area for a couple of days already camping at Pine Lake just north of the canyon and exploring the surrounding area. The last time I was in Bryce Canyon was over 12 years ago on a family vacation when we took a mule ride in the canyon. So this was a good chance to get back down there and explore the area.
So the plan was to hit up one of the longer trails in the area, you know one of those 8 mile hikes with the hope that some other people would want to come along before it go to hot out (wanted to hit up the trail around 830am). Well, that didn't pan out so well. The previous day the group did a short hike (just a little over three miles) in the area and no one really wanted to do it again. Something about the the trail being to long and too hot (then again they did about 1 in the afternoon).
Wanting to be a team player (I get some guff for this sometimes it seems) I hung around camp till about 1030 am (2 hrs. later than I wanted, then again I was on Mormon standard time) and was able to get two other people to come along. One of the leaders and his wife to do the same hike they did the previous day. After making some lunch to take with us we were off.
The trail itself consisted of Sunset Point/Rim trail, Queen Gardens trail and a portion of the Navajo loop. The up portion of the trail was packed with tourist most from other countries (its kind of fun to guess where they are from) but once you started down on the trail the traffic died off, with an occasionally group here and there. The weather in the canyon it self wasn't too bad, yes it was a little hot but when the wind came up it bought with it a nice breeze.
Having not been the in this portion of the canyon before I was kind of surprised how vivid some of the colors where especially for being mid-day and I could only imagine what it would be like at sunrise or sunset. Hopefully, my photo's can show some of this.
Bryce Canyon
Queen Victoria (?)
So the plan was to hit up one of the longer trails in the area, you know one of those 8 mile hikes with the hope that some other people would want to come along before it go to hot out (wanted to hit up the trail around 830am). Well, that didn't pan out so well. The previous day the group did a short hike (just a little over three miles) in the area and no one really wanted to do it again. Something about the the trail being to long and too hot (then again they did about 1 in the afternoon).
Wanting to be a team player (I get some guff for this sometimes it seems) I hung around camp till about 1030 am (2 hrs. later than I wanted, then again I was on Mormon standard time) and was able to get two other people to come along. One of the leaders and his wife to do the same hike they did the previous day. After making some lunch to take with us we were off.
The trail itself consisted of Sunset Point/Rim trail, Queen Gardens trail and a portion of the Navajo loop. The up portion of the trail was packed with tourist most from other countries (its kind of fun to guess where they are from) but once you started down on the trail the traffic died off, with an occasionally group here and there. The weather in the canyon it self wasn't too bad, yes it was a little hot but when the wind came up it bought with it a nice breeze.
Having not been the in this portion of the canyon before I was kind of surprised how vivid some of the colors where especially for being mid-day and I could only imagine what it would be like at sunrise or sunset. Hopefully, my photo's can show some of this.
Bryce Canyon
Queen Victoria (?)
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Seems that's the rage currently. I enjoyed the Mormon people and their families immensely while we were in Utah. Quality folks.
