It is #3 on the list of the 10 most scenic roads in the U.S. The road had lots of twists and turns, but only a couple of areas that had steep drop-offs. We made it fine with no problems at all.
After we got set up in the campground, we left the dogs in the trailer and drove into Bryce National Park. We had been seeing smoke since we came over the last mountain and the further we came, the more it looked like we were driving right into it. There was a warning about not having camp fires because of the high winds, so guess what the National Park Service was doing. They had a “controlled burn”. To get into the Park, we had to drive thru heavy, heavy smoke. They were stopping traffic and only letting cars thru one direction at a time. When we went thru it, you could hardly see at all. It wasn’t quite so bad coming back out, but the fires were still burning. With the wind, I don’t see how they had much “control”.
This Park is beautiful. The columns of rock, called Hoo-doos, look like buildings or churches. Some of them look like people huddled together. The colors are beautiful, especially the dark oranges.
They had several overlooks to take pictures and one area where there were trails to walk. They were really steep and I knew I couldn’t handle them, but one trail was just a little over a mile long, so Larry walked that one by himself (him and a hundred or so other people). I guess I could have made it down, but I’d still be there trying to make it up. I’ve already had problems breathing with the thin air so I knew I wouldn’t be able to walk back up very easily. He really enjoyed it though and made it in slightly less than an hour.
We’re settled in for the night now. We don’t have any TV signal so we’ll read a while and probably go to bed early.
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