Day 10: Bryce Canyon

After we hiked out of Capitol Reef, we drove over to Bryce Canyon, which we spent the next day exploring. Bryce is known for its hoodoos, which are tall spires of irregularly eroded rock.

The Paiutes (an Indian tribe in the area) have a legend that says the To-when-an-ung-wa, or Legend People, lived too heavily on the land, drinking all the spring water and eating all the pine nuts the other animals needed. This caught the attention of the god Coyote, who was famous for being a trickster. He punished the Legend People by inviting them to an extravagant banquet where everyone would be able to eat their fill, but when the Legend People got there, decked out in their most elaborate war paint, he turned them to stone--the hoodoos you see today. 


Bryce Amphitheater


Notice the hoodoos

Another cool shot

A valley of pine 

Abby: Utah has the bluest skies I've ever seen!
Grey: I'd say you were hyperbolizing but like, you're not wrong

When is nature ever this orange??

Cue the cuteness response

Treeline or hoodoo line?

Just passing through

A peek beyond

So much neat color and texture

"Wall Street" is definitely the route to take back up

Back at the top

We could look at this view all day

The singular iPhone contribution 

Proof of our presence 

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