After our fun-filled day we were sure ready to get to Bryce Canyon and set up camp. We were a little worried that we might not get a campsite, since they were first come first serve and it was already 4pm, but when we went through the entrance gate the ranger told us there were still spots. We went to Sunset Campground and found a spot, this by far was the hardest spot to get into...
Bryce has a shuttle service like Zion, but was not running until their summer season (we missed it by like 3 days). So we took about a 2 mile, round trip, walk to the visitor's center. We were told that we would not be able to access a lot of the park with the trailer attached, so we were going to have to unhook sometime during our visit. We watched another park movie telling us all about Bryce Canyon. Got back to the campsite, did some wienie roasting, s'more making, and planned out the next day. Our friends, Mitchell & Christy, were awesome and got us the national geographic state and national park books. They have totally been life-savers. Reading through the national park book about Bryce, it said one of the things you should definitely try to do is watch the sunrise at Bryce Point.
So we decided to hike down to Bryce point about 2miles one way and catch the sunrise. We would then go up to the day parking lot and unhook so we could drive through the rest of the park and get to see all the other sights. We were a little weary since we had not woken up before 8:30am the entire trip and now we were planning on getting up before sunrise at about 5am. But alas we woke up and made the hike down to Bryce Point. The sun had started to come up but it was really cloudy so we couldn't really see the sunrise. What we did see was a spectacular view of Bryce Ampitheatre, showing most of the canyon. You have to look at the pictures to see what I am talking about, it is really hard to explain the sights. We took a different trail back to the campsite then the way we came and got to see more lookouts and vistas. We took lots of pictures!
Once back to the campsite, we packed up and went to the parking lot to unhook. This was our first time unhooking, and it actually worked out really well. I did a little McGyver move and used lotion to make tire lines (we had no chalk) so that we knew where to line up the tires when we got back. We drove down through the park to the last lookout spot and then hit every lookout spot on the drive back up. Took about an hour and lots of photos but we got to see the whole park.
We hooked back up and then began our 5 hour drive to Moab, UT, where we were going to visit Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. It actually rained most of the drive to Moab, but stopped once we got into the city. Made it to our second RV park, with showers, laundry, and of course wifi.
Now I have caught you all up on what we have been doing, check out the photos, leave comments, and check us out on facebook.
Time to head on over to Canyonlands, then Arches, then COLORADO!
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