Tag: Hiking

As we headed to Rainbow Point, the rain really begun to come down.  We had hoped that the sun would peak through the clouds and produce a lovely rainbow for us.  That was not to be on this day.  Rainbow Point would be our final stop in Bryce Canyon as we decided not to hike to Yovimpa Point.  Thanks to the shelter of a building and some trees, we were able to keep from getting completely soaked on this leg of our journey. We have one final stop at Bryce Canyon before we move on to our next destination, but…

At Ponderosa Point, we could see beautiful hoodoos and fins, the grey and white cliffs, and the pines in the canyon below. Up next… Rainbow Point.

The most well known hoodoos at Agua Canyon are The Hunter and The Rabbit.  They stopped naming the hoodoos after a while due to the fact that with time the hoodoos no longer look like their name.  Munchkin decided that the hoodoos didn’t look anything like their names.  What do you think? Our next stop on the tour is the Ponderosa Canyon.

We were interested to see the “natural bridge” at this stop.  It turns out that, like many things in this park, the natural bridge was misnamed.  It its actually an arch, not a bridge.  (One of the main things that was misnamed in Bryce Canyon is the Canyon itself.  Bryce Canyon isn’t actually a canyon.)  We thought this area was beautiful.  There is something very cool about arches. The next stop is Agua Canyon where there are several very cool Hoodoos.

At Farview Point, we enjoyed the view, but due to the weather, we chose not to do the quarter-mile hike up to Piracy Point which is also at this stop.  Munchkin got out of the truck, quickly looked, and scurried back to the comfort of the truck. Next up on the schedule is Natural Bridge.