We went into Bryce Canyon today on the 4-hour Rainbow Point bus tour. This tour requires advance reservations, but is part of your park admission and a great way to see a lot of the park quickly without having to deal with your car. Our driver, "Spike", was a very nice and knowledgeable retired Pepsi truck driver who talked about the history of the park and his own stories about living nearby.
We had a very nice tour and Spike was really cool and pointed out lots of neat little tidbits about the park, including pointing out lots of shapes in the rocks (we saw a poodle, a chicken, a lion, a camel, a horse, a rabbit, and many other various critters).
We stopped at a bunch of points along Bryce Canyon. Of course, lots of photos were taken at each point.
Yovimpa Point
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 Bristlecone Pine |
 Panoramic Shot of Yovimpa |
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Rainbow Point
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 The Poodle |
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Ponderosa Point
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 The Camel |
 The Fort |
Agua Canyon
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Natural Bridge
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Farview Point
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 Bladder Milk-Vetch |
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Fairyland Canyon
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We also saw several real critters. Some prairie dogs, a few pronghorn antelope, and a couple of muledeer. Apparently black bear, fox, rabbit, and coyote are also common, and the mountain lion population is on the rise.
After the tour, we had a basic lunch back at the motor home and went for a swim. When we got back, Nate and Ray headed out to find a Geocache and Mathea joined them later. Then it was back to the motor home for a lovely dinner of spaghetti and meat sauce.
After dinner, we all went back to the pool so Mathea could get another swim in. Then Mathea worked on her journal, read on her own for a while, and went to bed.
