Bryce Canyon Hoodoos

Brian and I arrived safely and soundly in Salt Lake City, Utah!  Our first stop on the list of many, of course, was Bryce Canyon which was about a 4 to 4.5 hour drive south of Salt Lake.  When we arrived on Friday night, we drove about an hour and stayed at a Sleep Inn in Provo, UT where we decided to ... sleep in!  Then, on Saturday morning, we got up and drove the rest of the way south to Bryce Canyon!

The views in Utah are unlike any we've ever seen.  Salt Lake City has a beautiful mountain backdrop (we've learned these are the Wasatch and Oquirrh mountain ranges), which are snow covered in March.  For nearly the entire drive south to Bryce Canyon, there were mountains on either side of the highway.  (A note about the highways in Utah: the speed limits here stay steady at 75 mph, especially once you're out on the open road, but there was a stretch were the speed limit was 80!  Neither Brian nor I had ever seen an 80 mph sign on a US highway!)

Once we arrived at Bryce Canyon, we saw the infamous hoodoos that Bryce Canyon is known for.  These strange geological formations are incredible!  The view here is unlike any we've ever seen, and each hoodoo is unique and tantalizing in its own way.  It was a chilly, windy day at the viewpoints.  We actually had planned on an early spring picnic lunch, but decided to picnic in our rental instead because it was a lot colder then we thought!

We were so happy with the decision to drive to Bryce Canyon.  It was such a cool place to visit, and while we didn't have enough time to go hiking down into the Canyon to view the hoodoos from the bottom up, we did get to take in some incredible views at Bryce Point, Inspiration Point, Sunset Point, and Sunrise Point.  And we highly recommend Bryce Canyon as an incredibly unique national park stop if you are ever in the southern Utah area!