We saw sunset point at Bryce Canyon last night (the National Parks pass is certainly paying for itself as it's $25 per park entry if we don't have it and the lines are so much shorter with the pass). This morning we had an early start, skipped breakfast at the hotel as we had fresh fruit with us and went to sunrise point at 7am. a little cloudy but some of the formations had some lovely backlighting when it popped out for a minute or two. Driving along the edge of the valley we saw deer, some little field mice, birds views, squirrels - oh, and some fabulous views over the edge! Farview, Natural bridge, Rainbow Point all absolutely amazing.
PS - just for the record we are in Garfield County - believe it or not :-)
We watched the film on how the canyon developed (actually it's not really a canyon but we'll just leave that one) The Hoodooos, the rock formations in the park are fabulous, better look at the photo rather than me trying to describe them :-)
Once we had our fill of Hoodoos, we hit the road for Salt Lake City, about 5 hours from Bryce. Through Circleville (with a sign to Butch Cassidy's hideout) and various other little towns until we reached the Interstate leading into SLC. Seems to be a Utah thing that they inscribe the city's initial in a huge letter (like the ones on US college jackets) on the hill near the town.
Salt Lake City is famous for its salt lake, the 2002 winter olympics and the HQ of the Mormon Church. A clean, pretty city with wide streets and lots of very helpful and polite people. We walked to Temple Square to look at the temple and the tabernacle (missed a performance by the tabernacle choir tomorrow night) and then found our way to the free city 'bus' (tram) to the shopping and restaurant area. Had a nice meal in a sports bar and grill and did the reverse journey to within a block of our hotel.
Sleep is important! Must get some now.
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