9/19: along the length of Bryce Canyon

Did I mention we're staying in a tipi?

It's not all that, I'm afraid. No cots, no lighting, open at the top to rain. But it beats setting up our tents. 

Today we biked down from Ruby's RV Inn (established 1916!) to the north end of Bryce Canyon National Park, land of a million hoodoos. The other end of the park is Rainbow Point. We braved the cruel slopes to survey the canyon cliffs studded with orange and white and red hoodoos. 

The varied sizing and distances to the formations are hard to convey in a picture. 

We flew back down the mountain and walked the excellent Navajo Trail, which took us down into the canyon and let us see the hoodoos from below. 

Truly a fascinating and alien landscape. 

The weather has been varied, in that the sun is warm but the wind is cold. It's hard to have the right cover to not feel roasted or frozen. Tomorrow, we hear into higher elevation and even colder weather.