Hiking Fairyland Loop in Bryce National Park

Fairyland Loop

While we have been to Bryce before, we have never been terribly impressed with it. Yes, it does have beautiful shapes and colors, but we were never drawn to spend much time there. In fact, two years ago in the spring when we visited there were still patches of snow (which added […]

Biking Zion and Red Canyons

Today we drove from Zion to Bryce, but first we did a couple of bike rides. Starting from the visitor center, we rode Zion Canyon to the end of the road and back. This is not a very long ride, but it’s so impressive to look up at the sheer walls of the canyon. There […]

Hiking the west rim trail in Zion National Park

Zion is our favorite Utah national park. It is spectacularly magnificent. We have hiked most of the trails in the canyon except the Angel’s Landing Trail because I don’t handle exposure well and Angel’s Landing has that in spades. (See this video for some idea of the challenging part of the trail.) However, the trail […]