The drive through Dixie

Day 3 – May 7 – Late morning It was literally freezing out when we took our sunrise stroll to Sunset Point (the temperature dropped to 18 degrees overnight), and Maris’ allergies were making her miserable.  So we retreated to the lodge for a warm breakfast and then decided to take the two-hour drive to [...]

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Ouch! Metaphysics and physics

Was the Universe trying to confirm my fear that I was ridiculous for buying a slightly-above-the-knee tunic that fit me quite nicely as a dress?  Or was it simply the inflexible sole of my Dansko sandal hitting an unnoticed curb edge that sent me flying across a State Street sidewalk and crashing hard on my palms and [...]

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“The sober mind is a powerful thing”: Hoodoos at sunrise

Day 3 – May 7 – 6:25 a.m. People kept talking about the spectacular color changes that hoodoos undergo at sunrise and sunset, so Maris and I decided we should check it out early on Day 3.  Figuring we’d be stumbling through one of the darkest places in the U.S., we went to the general store [...]

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Dark Rangers

Day 2:  May 6 – Night Bryce Canyon has one of the darkest night skies left in the United States, and the park is known for its astronomy programs. We were there at the wrong time of month for their well-known full-moon walk–which turned out  just as well, as people typically line up at 5:30 or 6 in [...]

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Orange, orange everywhere: Mossy Cave Trail

Day 2:  May 6 – Afternoon In the afternoon, we went to the north side of the park and took an easy hike along the Mossy Cave Trail.  In contrast to all our other stops in Bryce, where the only water around was snow and the mud it created as it melted, this trail ran [...]

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Other Alyeska travelers

Cuz in Alaska Rafting.  Probably Mendenhall?

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The road through Bryce Canyon: Views from the south

Day 2:  May 6 – Morning       Just from the bit of hiking we did on the Rim Trail when we first arrived, Maris and I quickly discovered that we were not prepared for significant inclines at Bryce.  Frankly, we were surprised and disappointed.  We’ve been hiking in plenty of mountainous national parks before and had never [...]

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Apropos of something

Maris sent me a link to this xkcd comic: Do you think she’s trying to tell me something?

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Arriving at Bryce

Day 1 – May 5 – 4 p.m. Utah Time Roughly 4.5 hour after leaving Vegas, Maris and I arrived at Bryce Canyon Lodge, where a clock labeled “Utah Time” surprised us.  We didn’t realize that Vegas was on Pacific time and that we had changed to Mountain Time as we left Nevada–a common error, [...]

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Back by popular demand . . .

. . . the Mistylook theme – with a new header photo of the Bryce Canyon hoodoos at sunset.  The white text on black bugged me, too.

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