Hiking at Bryce

 We got up early on Wednesday the 7th and hit the National Park before the crowds started to build. The Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop trail is the most popular trail in the park and I can see why. We started at Sunset Point, walked along the rim of the canyon to Sunrise Point, then dropped down to the floor on the Queen's Garden trail where you can look back up at the hoodoos and cliffs along the rim. Then back up the slope on the Navajo Loop and back to Sunset Point. 

There was plenty of parking when we arrived at 7:30 but by the time we finished the hike there were cars waiting for parking spaces.

Here's a sampling of the many photos I took.

After the Hoodoo hike we drove up the main road in Bryce and stopped at the Sheep Creek trail. There were 2 or 3 cars in the parking lot and we saw no other hikers on our journey, with exception the of some park rangers who were, apparently, tidying up the trail. The trail was on top of the mesa and completely different than our first hike.

By the end of that hike we were pretty pooped so drove further up the road to a picnic area. The travel gods were smiling and delivered to us a food truck with iced coffee and bacon wrapped hot dogs. Life is good.

We did finally drive to the end of the park, only to discover a long line of cars waiting for parking so Lee did a quick u-turn and we headed back to our room at Stone Canyon Inn.

Final views from the high point of Bryce Canyon Road.