Our National Parks odyssey continued yesterday. We were fortunate enough to visit Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park and Goblin State Park.
We’ve run out of superlatives to describe what we’ve 
seen. Best maybe to describe them by our reaction to them – in awe, incredulous, moved, inspired. Perhaps gobsmacked is best!
Bryce Canyon (photo 1) is beyond description. It is basically an amphitheatre created by erosion to form thousands of turrets called hoodoos. Best I think to let the view of the photos tell the story for us.
seen. Best maybe to describe them by our reaction to them – in awe, incredulous, moved, inspired. Perhaps gobsmacked is best!Bryce Canyon (photo 1) is beyond description. It is basically an amphitheatre created by erosion to form thousands of turrets called hoodoos. Best I think to let the view of the photos tell the story for us.
We did a short hike into the amphitheatre itself to bow before Queen Victoria sitting on her thrown and not looking nearly as menacing or stout in the Queen’s garden.
Capitol Reef is 1,000ft-high amber, cream and red rock walls running through a massive canyon (photo 2). Goblin is hundreds of sandstone gnome-like figures gathered together (photo 3).
Capitol Reef is 1,000ft-high amber, cream and red rock walls running through a massive canyon (photo 2). Goblin is hundreds of sandstone gnome-like figures gathered together (photo 3).
The scenery on the drive between these parks is also incredible and varied – one minute snow-capped mountains, then towering multi-coloured sandstone cliffs, then desolate canyons, then rolling fields covered in snow and cypresses, then a dry plateau to remind you that you’re in the desert.
This is a unique and unforgettable part of the world. These two days have been some of the best of a trip that we didn't think could get any better.
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