ZION & BRYCE CANYONS
if not more so impressive from within the canyon itself. There was an incredibly steep hill going in to the canyon and after about 30 minutes we stopped to decide what to do. Time was ticking by for Cath and Andy and we were starting to think that we should continue on the walk and get Cath to come and pick us up once they had finished ATV’ing. Yeap, a plan was formed, we were going to carry on and do a good walk through the canyon, so we left Cath and Andy to walk back up the incredibly steep hill, whilst we headed off into the unknown. We didn’t have a map with us but the trails were very well marked so we knew we’d be OK, we’d eaten enough food at lunch time to last us for a couple days and we had water so we were definitely prepared, what we weren’t prepared for was the incredibly feeling you get when you walk through somewhere like that.
Looking from it all from above, did give
Looking from it all from above, did give
you a sense of overall size but I think its only when you’re on the canyon floor do you get the sense for the size of the hoodoos. It is almost like walking through a giant’s chess set. Over the years, erosion has left the hoodoos in all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes. I would feel rather uneasy walking through there at night as I would feel like I was almost being watched. It is just so incredible what weather can do, to think that it is solely responsible for the shaping of Bryce Canyon!! Its pretty stupendous stuff. We had the most delightful walk through the canyon, the towering weird shaped red rocks made us feel like we didn’t really belong there in some kind of way, like we were intruding on their perfect world. We watched as the colours constantly changed with the movement of the sun and the winds whispered past us, just to add that little bit extra atmosphere to this ever enchanting place.