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Fairyland at Brice National Park, Utah

Posted onAugust 5, 2006May 1, 2024Leave a comment

Sunrise at Bryce Point is a disappointment. There really isn’t any sunrise, just a slight tinge of color at the bottom of the clouds, with the sun itself completely obscured. There is too little light Read More …

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Evening at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Posted onAugust 4, 2006April 13, 2021Leave a comment

Bryce doesn’t look like much when you first arrive. The outskirts of the national park – the entrance to the park itself – is lined with strip commercial crap. Ruby’s empire (now owned by Best Read More …

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The Burr Trail and Highway 12 to Bryce

Posted onAugust 4, 2006December 27, 2020Leave a comment

The Burr Trail (originally a route developed to move sheep) quickly becomes amazing, as a series of sharp switchbacks take us 800 feet to the top of the Waterpocket Fold itself. The view is spectacular. Read More …

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Leaving via the Scenic Backway at Capitol Reef, Utah

Posted onAugust 4, 2006April 13, 2021Leave a comment

I thought we were going to be treated to a fabulous sunrise outside our window this morning. It woke us up about six with lovely pinkish clouds, but now the sun is rising directly behind Read More …

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scenery at Capitol Reef National Park

Ending the Day at Capitol Reef

Posted onAugust 3, 2006May 1, 2024Leave a comment

We begin to see the formations that we will find at Capitol Reef long before we reach the park itself. It is late afternoon and the light is becoming wonderful. We stop at the Visitors’ Read More …

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