Hele On with Joe and Dawn: Bryce Canyon

Oct 3 Zion National Park - Bryce Canyon National Park 84 miles 2 hrs 15 min

After lunch, we drove to Bryce Canyon. We drove the Mt. Carmel highway. This 12-mile scenic highway connects the South and East entrances of Zion. From Zion Canyon, the road travels up steep switchbacks, through the historc Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel, and emerges on the east side of the park. There are restrictions for large vehicles, we had to pay $15 for traffic control. Because of the tunnel's size, for large vehicles, traffic is stopped so we can enter by ourselves and drive in the middle of the road.

Traffic backed up when we came out of the tunnel

We found a campsite at Bryce Canyon. Dry camping for $30 a night. Had dinner at Ruby's Inn. Very good country buffet. Saw the sunset at Inspiration point and made a campfire. It was really cold, about 45 degrees.

Sunset at Inspiration Point

Nothing like a campfire when its 45 degrees outside

Oct 4 Ruby's RV Park, Bryce City 2 miles

We moved outside of the park to Ruby's RV Park. Kind of expensive here.

Keahi & Miki on their way down

After setting up at our new campsite, we went back to Bryce to do a hike. We did the Navajo Loop/Queens Garden hike. It was about 4 miles and took us about 1 hour 45 minutes. We all got a good workout. Was kind of chilly today, about 65 degrees. Good, we would've been sweating on that hike with all the switchbacks going up and down. This hike was awesome...so scenic. We really enjoyed it.