The third day of our Utah trip took us out of Zion and on to Bryce Canyon National Park, which is about a two hour drive from Zion.  The drive between the parks is amazingly scenic, and we stopped quite a bit to take pictures and admire the scenery.  This was also the morning that we SAW A BIGHORN SHEEP and he was amazing and we loved him.

Even though the two parks aren’t really that far apart, the elevation and the rock changed considerably.  The sandstone of Zion changed into more crumbly limestone in Bryce.  We learned about the famous hoodoos of Bryce Canyon, which are all of the neat looking rock formations.  The majority of our afternoon was spent doing a hike down into the canyon and then back out with a total elevation change of about 600 feet.  Coming back up was pretty brutal!  However, it was completely worth it to walk amongst the hoodoos!

These pictures are from our scenic drive and from our hike into the hoodoos!

Zion Sunrise, Springdale, 2015

Red Rock, Hwy 89, 2015

Power Tree, Hwy 89, 2015

Bighorn Sheep, Hwy 89, 2015

Checkerboard Mesa, Hwy 89, 2015

Cliffs Near Checkerboard Mesa, Hwy 89, 2015

Iconic Arch, Hwy 89, 2015

Bryce Canyon from the Rim, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Hoodoo Detail, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Julie, Rukku, and a Hoodoo, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Hoodoorific, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Woodpecker, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Perspective, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Leaning Tree, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Texture, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Queen’s Castle, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Queen’s Garden, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Into the Canyon, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

Hoodoorama, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2015

My next post will include the scenic drive through Bryce Canyon, sunset and sunrise at Inspiration Point, and various wildlife of the park!