Here we go into Utah... where the entire southern half of the state is pretty much just one big beautiful national park!
Passing through Red Rock Canyon, which is right before Bryce Canyon.
Rob finally gets to see Bryce Canyon on a sunny day! We were here back in 2007 but it was raining at the time. We stopped by the first lookout point but the weather unfortunately prevented us from seeing the rest of the park. The weather on this second trip was much more cooperative -- so cooperative, in fact, that we left Bryce with some lovely sunburns!
Getting a bird's eye view of Bryce Canyon, I suppose?
Taken from Ponderosa Point, elevation 8,904 feet
Natural Bridge, elevation 8,627 feet
Farview Point, elevation 8,819 feet
Bryce Point, elevation 8,300 feet
Driving from Bryce Canyon to Capitol Reef on Route 12 through the Escalante Staircase was another thrilling drive... red cliffs... white cliffs... switchback roads... forests... every turn brought something new to see! The next picture is not from any official national park, but just one example of why the entire southern half of Utah is one of the most amazing places in the United States. You can see the car in the lower right part of the screen to get a sense of how high up I was to take this picture, and what it must be like to drive through this.
Another example of "this is not in a national park but should be" from southern Utah.
And to top it all off, we saw a rainbow in the sky as we approached Capitol Reef National Park (pictures to come tomorrow).
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