Utah has to be one of the most beautiful states I've ever seen. From the beautiful city of Salt Lake City to the wonderful mountain towns and the desert and parks.... wow! After leaving the Grand Canyon, we drove a very beautiful drive through Arizona and Utah to arrive about an hour away from Bryce where we stayed the night. We didn't take too many pictures on the drive, but it was beautiful. We did stop at one point after crossing a bridge over the Colorado river at the Lees Ferry crossing. This is the only bridge to cross the Colorado for hundreds of miles and it was pretty spectacular. There are two bridges - a much older one that cannot handle automobiles and a more recent one built that can handle lots of cars and traffic, but it looks just like the older one.
Bryce Canyon was our stop for the next day and it is by far one of the most amazing parks I've ever seen. I was blown away by all of the hoodoos everywhere we looked! We were pretty exhausted and sore, still from the backpacking so we didn't do any major hikes in Bryce, but we drove to all of the lookout points and did one small hike down into the canyon. The hoodoos have all been formed over time all by water! This area used to all be underwater and the water flowing caused this amazing landscape. Erosion and snow freezing and melting over time adds to this as well. Although I couldn't possibly describe everything we saw, these pictures do a pretty good job to start to show so that you will want to go see if for yourself! You really can see the whole park in a day if you don't do any major hiking, but you can also do a lot of extensive hiking and spend a lot more time if you want. We got a nice campspot and were able to go and see the sunset (well, actually, Scott went to see the sunset while I worked on the fire - teamwork!).
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