Some Recent Adventures

In the last few weeks we have had some fun exploring. This post is about the two national parks we have visited. The first was Bryce Canyon on Memorial Day. We took the day off school and work to have some fun.

The weather was good, even though it was a bit stormy. We got to see lightning and the rain kept it cool and never stayed long.

While there we did a short hike down into the hoodoos.

Here is Thor's Hammer:

The hike we took was the Navajo Loop. It drops fairly quickly into the canyon and includes these fantastic switchbacks.

This is a tree found on Wall Street. The Ponderosa Pines grow very straight and tall between the hoodoos:


After Bryce we took a drive down Highway 12, "the most scenic road in America," through Escalante/Grand Staircase NM. It was an amazing drive


On June 6 we took another drive down another interesting road: Highway 6, "the loneliest road in America." It is an interesting drive across the West Desert of Utah past Delta. There is no buildings for over 80 miles. We did see some neat wildlife, though we did not get pictures of all of them. These include prairie dogs, a badger, and an antelope.


This road leads to Great Basin NP in Nevada. This is where I proposed to Ruth 3 years ago, so this was a special trip.

Wheeler Peak is the main mountain ion the park. It is the highest peak in Nevada and has Nevada's only glacier. The scenic drive goes over 10,000 ft.

The other main thing in the park is Lehman Caves, a limestone cave.


This is called the Parachute, the most famous formation in the cave. It is a cave shield, a very rare type of formation that is common in these caves.

Hope everyone is doing well, and we will post more latter.