26 May, 2003, Dixie National Forest (near Bryce, UT): Did we mention the weather had changed? Gotten hot? Really hot, hot, hot? We saw a very cool, wet spring, but now the temperatures were suddenly 90s-100s. After baking at Snow Canyon, we headed for higher elevations to cool off. At Zion it was 106 deg, so we bought our annual NPS pass and drove on through. On the way we checked out Alton, then the road to Cedar Breaks, but continued toward Bryce. Just north of Bryce we found a perfect site in the national forest, free and without other noisy campers. These are our own personal hoodoos a few hundred feet above our site. The bike tracks in the dirt were made during wet weather; their damage will remain visible for years. |
