We continue to explore the trails of Bryce Canyon in Utah. Some are down deep among the hoodoos and others are along the top looking down. They are all beautiful and my pink colored pencil is getting smaller and smaller with over use!
Just sharing with you some of the gear we take while hiking.
Sometimes trying to figure out what kind of tree I am seeing is a challenge. Ranger Jan said the photo in the tree reference book was LOUSY!
June 12
June 14
We are now heading north from Utah toward Jackson Wyoming and the Grand Tetons.
June 16
Just sharing with you some of the gear we take while hiking.Sometimes trying to figure out what kind of tree I am seeing is a challenge. Ranger Jan said the photo in the tree reference book was LOUSY!No fooling, in 2003 I got seriously lost while taking Daisy on an extra long walk behind the camping area because she couldn't go with us on the trails. Eventually I saw an old wire fence and thought that to be a good thing to follow until the doubts about how very many years ago that fence line was abandoned. It however eventually lead me in a direction where I heard a car. A welcome sound when lost out in nowhere! I made my way to the road and realized it was the same one that Jamie and I had biked the day before. I flagged down the first car that came along, explained my situation and asked for a ride which they refused!! So I walked back to camp where Jamie was just beginning to miss me after two hours! However it was a lesson well learned and I no longer go wandering off.
June 12Once the tree is identified, I can see it everywhere!
The area just outside Bryce was homesteaded by a fellow named Ruby who turned it into something more profitable than a ranch in the desert.
We leave Bryce National Park and head NE toward Dinosaur National Monument
This was a truly beautiful camp with a lovely creek and tons of wild flowers.
June 13
The area just outside Bryce was homesteaded by a fellow named Ruby who turned it into something more profitable than a ranch in the desert.We leave Bryce National Park and head NE toward Dinosaur National MonumentThis was a truly beautiful camp with a lovely creek and tons of wild flowers. June 13Now that we know what checkered board sandstone is we see it often out here.
We are camped here on a reservoir surrounded by stone mountains which keep producing WEATHER!
We are camped here on a reservoir surrounded by stone mountains which keep producing WEATHER!June 14We stop in Price Utah to look at this fabulous museum before continuing on to the Dinosaur National Monument.
June 15
June 15We are now heading north from Utah toward Jackson Wyoming and the Grand Tetons.June 16We made it to Wyoming, but need a little maintenance.
Some camps are so very enjoyable…
…for everyone!
June 17
We arrive in Jackson very hungry and choose this place rather than go into town with all the people, cars and confusion.
I often get disoriented in my seasons by the flowers I see blooming at what seems the wrong time.
Lots of those beautiful but elusive antelope. They are the fastest mammal in North America and consequently don't have many predators who even attempt the chase.
The locals are complaining about the weather! They say it has been raining for two weeks, but we are lucky as it is scheduled to change to give us sun.
Back on the road and still heading north in Wyoming.
Some camps are so very enjoyable……for everyone!June 17The weather cleared as we moved north and this is the road just south of Jackson with so many beautiful mountain ranges.
We arrive in Jackson very hungry and choose this place rather than go into town with all the people, cars and confusion.I often get disoriented in my seasons by the flowers I see blooming at what seems the wrong time. Lots of those beautiful but elusive antelope. They are the fastest mammal in North America and consequently don't have many predators who even attempt the chase.The locals are complaining about the weather! They say it has been raining for two weeks, but we are lucky as it is scheduled to change to give us sun.
