Monday 13 September 2010

Heading to the hoodoos

Sunset Point hoodoos
We left the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and headed north again, stopping for lunch once more in Kanab. So many Western movies have been filmed there that they have signs around town with photos and info on various actors who've been in town and when.  On our previous visit we parked near a sign for Maureen O'Hara; this time it was a male actor. We enjoyed the signs in town: RV Corral, the Stage Stop (for a gas station store), and a poster for a Flu Shoot-out (flu clinic).
We drove north to the turn-off for Bryce Canyon and admired the Red Canyon; the road goes through two big arches. We arrived at the Park and headed right to the campground where we were pleased to get a spot under the pine trees.
Right across the road at Sunset point we walked up the rim trail aways, taking photos of the late afternoon sun on the hoodoos below. Later we enjoyed a Ranger talk at the lodge, on the threatened Utah Prairie dogs and other wildlife in the Park.

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