Author Archives: Phoenix 2552
Zion National Park
October 23-27, 2014 Zion is impressive. The massive cliffs towering overhead are quite a sight to see. While Bryce Canyon was set on the clifftops with trails leading down into the canyon, Zion is on the canyon floor with trails … Continue reading
Fairyland Loop Trail (Bryce Canyon)
Bryce Canyon NP Saturday, October 18, 2014 We started this hike early, about 8:00am. Early for me anyway. From the North Campground we caught the Rim Trail past the General Store to the Tower Bridge Trail. We followed that trail, … Continue reading
Peekaboo Loop Trail (Bryce Canyon)
Bryce Canyon National Park October 16, 2014 On this hike we followed the other half of the Navajo Loop Trail (to Twin Bridges) then took the connector trail to the Peekaboo Trail. When we reached the Peekaboo Trail we went … Continue reading
Navajo and Queen’s Garden Loop Combo Hike (Bryce Canyon)
October 16, 2014 If God had been a child, Bryce Canyon would have been His playground. The hoodoos look as though they were sculpted out of mud by a child’s tentative hand. This hand practiced building multicolored towers, walls, windows, … Continue reading
Bryce Canyon Overlooks (little to no hiking involved)
We do a lot of hiking so many of our posts are for fairly strenuous hikes but you do not have to hike to see some awesome views of Bryce Canyon. The main park drive is eighteen miles long (one … Continue reading
Bryce Canyon National Park
October 14-19, 2014 We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Bryce Canyon. There was no problem getting a campsite though we first went to Sunset Campground and were not impressed with the lumpy, uneven, short sites in the RV loop. We … Continue reading
Capitol Reef for the non-hikers out there
You do not have to stagger up the side of the cliffs, huffing and puffing in the skimpy, high-altitude, low-oxygen air to see awesome sights at Capitol Reef. We did, and we loved it, but we just might be a … Continue reading
Anasazi State Park Museum
Saturday October 11, 2014 We visited the Anasazi State Park Museum which is just off Highway 12 in Boulder, UT. The park isn’t very big, encompassing only the museum building, the Coombs archaeological site which has only been partially excavated, … Continue reading
Burr Trail Loop Drive
Capitol Reef NP Saturday October 11, 2014 We gave our toad a workout today by traveling about 115 miles down the very bumpy and dusty Notom-Bullfrog Road, the equally bumpy and dusty Burr Trail, and back to the campground on … Continue reading
Hickman Bridge and Rim Trail Overlook Hikes
Capitol Reef NP Thursday October 9, 2014 and Sunday October 12, 2014 The trail head for both hikes started at the same parking area off Route 12. The Hickman Bridge trail was about 2 miles round trip. We got started … Continue reading
Spirit of the Woods 