We are at Bryce now, so time for a little catchup. The north rim stay was nice, the cabin was a little small and no cooking in it, but we weren't planning on spending a lot of time there anyway. Being close to the lodge was convenient for ranger presentations,visitors center and trail heads. Also the restaurant, where I had prime rib,
Linda had salmon, with a view of the sun setting over one of the most beautiful scenes in the world. 
Prices were a little high for Iowa standards, but not as much as you might expect. The talks the rangers gave were very interesting, the first was about Torowep, a long back country hike where you can sit on a cliff 2000 feet high and look straight down on the Colorado river. It is in the volcanic region of the canyon many miles past the end of a 4 wheel drive road. The second was about Geology of the canyon and Thunder River, a place I hiked to when I was on a raft trip through the Grand Canyon many years ago. Cape Royal drive and hike was a nice part of the day there. If I would do the north rim again I think I would camp there, the trail to the lodge is only 1.5 miles.
The road into Zion is Awesome!
Meandering through high weathered sandstone cliffs, through narrow tunnels chiseled into the mountains during the 1920's. 
The weather was warm for me, hot for Linda until it got windy and rained a little. Then it was time to put on another layer of clothes. Cars are limited to those staying at the lodge because at one point there were up to 5000 cars driving through this narrow canyon looking for one of 200 parking spots. Camping there was at Watchman campground right next to the Virgin River. When we pumped up the air mattress it didn't stay pumped up, so we didn't sleep the best that night. The next morning we found a thin foam mattress pad, better than nothing.
We arrived in
Bryce Canyon 2:00 on Friday and set up camp in the rain. It cleared up and clouded up and threatened rain several times. Went on a nice walk into the canyon at sunset with lightning in the distance. Woke up to sprinkling rain and a chill. There is blue sky making it's way towards us so there will be some good hiking today. Wrote that this morning, we went on a 4 mile hike into the canyon today, cool place! Lots of strange and beautiful formations to walk in. 
Going to break camp in the morning and 
head to Escalante and hopefully hike to some slot canyons. The hurricane coming from Baja California is sending some rain up here so have to watch for flash floods. might not get to go there but we will find something else to do.
Linda had salmon, with a view of the sun setting over one of the most beautiful scenes in the world. 
Prices were a little high for Iowa standards, but not as much as you might expect. The talks the rangers gave were very interesting, the first was about Torowep, a long back country hike where you can sit on a cliff 2000 feet high and look straight down on the Colorado river. It is in the volcanic region of the canyon many miles past the end of a 4 wheel drive road. The second was about Geology of the canyon and Thunder River, a place I hiked to when I was on a raft trip through the Grand Canyon many years ago. Cape Royal drive and hike was a nice part of the day there. If I would do the north rim again I think I would camp there, the trail to the lodge is only 1.5 miles.The road into Zion is Awesome!
Meandering through high weathered sandstone cliffs, through narrow tunnels chiseled into the mountains during the 1920's. 
The weather was warm for me, hot for Linda until it got windy and rained a little. Then it was time to put on another layer of clothes. Cars are limited to those staying at the lodge because at one point there were up to 5000 cars driving through this narrow canyon looking for one of 200 parking spots. Camping there was at Watchman campground right next to the Virgin River. When we pumped up the air mattress it didn't stay pumped up, so we didn't sleep the best that night. The next morning we found a thin foam mattress pad, better than nothing.We arrived in
Bryce Canyon 2:00 on Friday and set up camp in the rain. It cleared up and clouded up and threatened rain several times. Went on a nice walk into the canyon at sunset with lightning in the distance. Woke up to sprinkling rain and a chill. There is blue sky making it's way towards us so there will be some good hiking today. Wrote that this morning, we went on a 4 mile hike into the canyon today, cool place! Lots of strange and beautiful formations to walk in. 
Going to break camp in the morning and 
head to Escalante and hopefully hike to some slot canyons. The hurricane coming from Baja California is sending some rain up here so have to watch for flash floods. might not get to go there but we will find something else to do.
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