Hoodoos, Anyone?

(Posting for Wednesday, June 18th)

Last night was a great night at the Hampton Inn in Layton, UT. Everyone slept like a champ. While enjoying breakfast at the Hampton, we struck up a conversation with the breakfast hostess. The kids told her all about her trip, and she was fascinated. She chatted with us a good 10 minutes during breakfast, then reappeared with lots of goodies for the kids for the rest of the trip – a couple of Hampton Inn bags filled with water bottles, candy, beach balls – lots of good stuff.

Later that morning, we said goodbye to the Hampton Inn and headed south to Bryce Canyon National Park. We found our way to Brice late in the afternoon, and ventured our way into the park to check of the canyon and the hoodoos – rock formations that give the canyon its distinctive look. We took in a ranger program, spent some time at the visitor center, and the kids added another junior ranger badge to their collection. It was a really hot and dusty afternoon, so we only hit the high points of Bryce. Steph and I are already planning a return trip to do some serious hiking in the park.

After Bryce, we headed on south to Cedar City, UT where we are spending the next two nights. We finally rolled into Cedar City around 9pm, checked into the hotel and headed to Chili’s to dinner. We wrapped up dinner, headed back to the hotel, and everyone is winding down for the night.

Tomorrow we’re off to Zion National Park just south of here.