Bryce Canyon National Park
Zion National Park at end of this page

We traveled west from Arches and Canyonlands then south to one of the most beautiful places on Earth... see if you agree...

At Bryce Canyon National Park, erosion has shaped colorful Claron limestones, sandstones, and mudstones into thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes. Collectively called "hoodoos," these colorful and whimsical formations stand in horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters along the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in Southern Utah.

Richard claims more territory

Hoodoos up close

Couldn't resist a few more shots on our way out of the Park - this one looking up instead of down - I like the different perspective

Same excuse as previous picture, but I love the contrasts in this and the clouds.

Zion National Park

On our way from Bryce Canyon to Las Vegas we could not avoid Zion National Park. I am glad we couldn't

Zion is an ancient Hebrew word meaning a place of refuge or sanctuary. Protected within the park's 229 square miles is a dramatic landscape of sculptured canyons and soaring cliffs. Zion is located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin and Mojave Desert provinces. This unique geography and the variety of life zones within the park make Zion significant as a place of unusual plant and animal diversity.

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