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Tag: Nature Pictures

Relaxed Nature Studies

Posted in Homeschooling, and Photography

You don’t have to read my blog for long to know that we love spending time out in nature at our house.  From going off-roading in Daddy’s truck to riding dirt bikes to hiking, we try to get out and explore our area as often as possible. To aid us in our constant desire to learn more about our current location, we have purchased field guides for our specific area as well as the general southwestern region of the country.  These field guides allow us to try figure out what type of plant, bird, reptile, mammal, etc… we are looking…

Bryce Canyon: Fairyland Canyon

Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures

Fairyland Canyon is just outside of Bryce Canyon’s park gates, so we stopped here on the way out of the park when we were headed back to the campground.  Even with the cloudy skies and rain, it was a beautiful view.  With as stunning as the views were on a stormy, cloudy day, I can only imagine how breath-taking many of these stops would have been on a clear day. As we were leaving, we looked down onto the cliffs below and spotted a single, small yellow flower growing out of the rocks.  Somehow, this little flower had found a…

Bryce Canyon: Rainbow Point

Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures

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…