After the heat this week foiling a couple of our hikes, we decided to go on two rather short, but beautiful hikes. It was a little chilly when we started, but soon warmed up nicely.
One short hike we did was the Mossy Cave hike within Bryce National Park, which is on the other side of the park and accessed via Scenic Rt. 12. The main highlights of this short hike was the waterfall and the mossy cave. Each is accessed at the end of the hike. If you walk one way, you end up at the Falls and see the view of some of the rock cliffs with the sun shining through. If you go the other way, you walk up to the mossy cave, which really isn't much.
We enjoyed the "redness" of the rock, and the color of the water. It looked fake, or like something we had seen before in Disneyworld. Hahahah. Without further ado, here are the pictures from that hike!
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| ready for a hike? |
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| heading up to the waterfall and mossy cave |
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| the water was gushing down |
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| red? |
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| red rock on the bottom of the river there |
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| waterfall from a distance |
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| the waterfall |
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| water was beautiful against the rock |
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| kinda looks like a dinosaur |
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| reminds us of something in Disneyworld |
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| very interesting landscape |
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| we're at the mossy cave.... |
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| nothing but moss here |
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| and here |
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| and here |
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| and here |
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| views were really nice |
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| nice pink rock formations and that blue water |
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| see the rock formations up ahead...that's near the road |
Next, we went back to Red Canyon, and went on a really terrific hike around the hoodoos. The trails were at the Visitor Center, and we combined the Hoodoo Trail, with the Pink Ledge trail and we were not disappointed! It was magnificent. The red rock formations, and the hoodoos were awesome. And very red, I might add! Haha! There was something around every bend in this hike!
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| Red Canyon area |
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| starting a short Hoodoo Hike |
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| nicely paved walkway |
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| pretty features |
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| cool! |
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| heading up the other trail...Pink Ledges |
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| this is so neat |
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| a great little hike past these interesting rocks |
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| great color |
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| close up |
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| this is pretty good, huh? |
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| what a great view! |
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| cairn |
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| cruising along |
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| so interesting |
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| that's a deep wash |
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| turn when the trail turns |
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| meandering through cool formations |
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| and the colors are great |
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| not too hot today |
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| following the trail |
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| another perspective |
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| up the wash |
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| down the wash |
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| and on the trail |
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| neat |
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| very cool formations |
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| quite a nice trail |
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| a canyon |
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| is this trail getting narrower? |
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| come on... |
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| what great views |
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| so cool |
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| that IS a skinny trail |
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| more interesting rock formations |
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| Tom likes the one-track |
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| more great views |
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| over yonder |
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| more over yonder...across the way |
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| what is that? |
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| how did the rocks end up in the tree? |
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| wow...bet they get some storms here...or snow melt issues |
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| great views |
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| Red Canyon |
This ends our explorations in the Bryce Canyon area for now. Just one word sums it up....WOW!
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