Friday 26 October 2012

Breathtaking Bryce Canyon

Our travels have taken us through Idaho, most notably Twin Falls where we were amazed at the Snake River Gorge & the Perrine Bridge 486 above the river,  the site of Evel Knieval's attempt to leap across in 1974. The Shoshone Falls, also on the Snake River drops 212 ft. & is called the " Niagra of the West". Hiway driving has been interesting, high elevations (4000-5530 ft), posted speed limit of 75 MPH with slow down for construction of 65 MPH.
In to Utah yesterday, temp of 26F in AM and snow in Salt Lake City. We spent a couple of hours in Temple Square, the Mormon "head office" & church -  actually enjoyed the tour given to just us by 2 young missionary women, one from Thailand, the other from Brazil. The buildings and displays are amazing, the best pictures were taken from the roof of their largest building which has over 4 acres on the roof with gardens, trees & fountains.




Today we drove to Panguitch, Utah, our base for Bryce Canyon touring. We actually have a campsite with full hook-ups & WiFi! We spent the afternoon in awe - first Red Canyon, then Bryce Canyon. Words will not do it justice, it truly is breathtaking. We stopped at several lookouts & did a bit of hiking - the elevation we were at is over 8000 ft! - hence a bit short-winded. Tomorrow we have more hikes planned, also want to do some biking in Red canyon. Still loving it!

2 comments:

  1. Good to know all is going great. Excellant photos, looks amazing. Keep Robin away from those morman ladies. Keep the posts coming. Take care.

    PAT

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  2. Greats photos!!!! Who knew Utah could be so much fun.

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