Southern Utah--the third national park Bryce Canyon

So the 15 and 16 of October found me in Bryce Canyon National Park. Everyone is gonna have his/her favorite national park, and many had said that they loved Bryce, but I did not love it so much.

Yes, the towering rock formations called hoodoos were interesting. And the rose-colored spires, fins, and mazes were nice. But it was in the little town of Tropic one morning that I found more interesting sights within walking distnce of my little cabin.

The sheep farmer picked these apples off his trees for me! Delicious!

I've always had a fondness for cows, and these came over as if I was gonna give them my apples!

Even at the top of Bryce Canyon, I found a dancing raven. And still having an animal friendly day, on the way out, I spotted some doe and her fawns.

Ravens are very intelligent and capable birds. Some researchers believe that ravens have a rudimentary language. Ravens have been observed communicating ideas, not only to each other, but also to members of other species Ravens mate for life and are one of the few truly monogamous species of songbirds. They will continually use the same nest. 

These are the hoodoos for which this park is particularly famous.The Paiutes believed that the rock figures were people turned to stone by angry gods.

The next morning I explored a little more of Bryce Canyon before heading off to Zion National Park through that rock tunnel you see at the bottom of this page, and I found some more of Bryce's beauty.

I called this one star pennacle. 

Wasn't this a fun little tunnel? And there will be more to come--much longer ones as I approach and get into Zion!