'Peek-a-Boo', how apt.
A golden moment.
Bryce Canyon may not be the best hiking venue around although it provides a hiker with some wonderful opportunities. Bryce may not be a place a person wishes to visit annually or on a regular basis. What Bryce is: One of the most remarkable locations we have visited. It is unique. While many marvel at the thought of visiting another planet of the universe or even sending an automobile for a lubrication and service into outer-space (amazing), we have no hesitation in believing this area of Utah is unique. It's so different from even all the other amazing places on Earth that it might be the location we would select to visit should we be given only one choice. As an aside, we did see something similar, a smaller Bryce, at Cedar Breaks Park, also in the same state.
It's dramatic, colorful, historic, challenging both physically and of the imagination, growing or more likely, crumbling and shows different facades each day. It's unique climate in which night temperatures fall below freezing for half the year cause water to freeze in the crevices of rock formations. The ice expands, putting pressure on the rocks which cause them to chip, break and wear away, hence the myriad of shapes and forms. Based upon this dynamic, the landscape will change, albeit slowly, and it's only generations thousands of years hence who will witness obvious differences. (Any errors made are those of the authors.)
Unusual and Overwhelming.
The Ice Man cometh and freezeth.
Hoodoo you think you are?
Toward the end of the hike, a warmed-up editor strides to the finish.
Truly, the land of the hoodoo.
Thanks to Ron A, we ventured into the snow and were rewarded disproportionately.
Jen stands before the magnificent Mormon Tabernacle Choir of Hoodoos (with respect to a fine institution).
An amphitheater with a view.
Heading down into the valley with a disappearing, fine backdrop.
'Through the looking glass'.
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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