After zipping through the Escalante National Staircase, we kept going past Bryce on UT12 and took UT89 south to a campground that used to be a KOA near Glendale UT. From here we could take day trips to Bryce, Cedar Breaks and Zion. I’ve stayed in this park before (when it was a KOA), and somewhat surprisingly, it had changed little. One the features that I had remembered was a small Bryce-like set of hoodoos in the western valley wall near the campground.

A Mini-Bryce. We camped in an ex-KOA situated near Glendale Utah. This gave us ready access to Bryce, Cedar Breaks, and Zion. This feature was visible from our campsite.

The next morning we headed back north along UT89 to Panguitch. Grabbed a little breakfast and did some grocery shopping, then headed into Bryce. We did not spend any time sampling trails but we did travel along the scenic road and took many pictures of the valley from the various overlooks.

The Bryce Amphitheatre. Note the Aquarius Plateau on the distant horizon.Bryce - Amphitheatre. The spectacular view from Inspiration Point. This is the heart of Bryce Canyon where the hoodoos are at their most dense concentration.Fairview Point. A slightly different angle showing the wider Paria basin.Bryce - Fairview Point. Trying some composition....Bryce - Natural Bridge. Looks like an Arch, but technically it's not. Water flow carved this out.Bryce - Agua Canyon. Working on my composition...Bryce - Agua Canyon. Looking South toward the heights of Rainbow Point.Bryce - Rainbow Point. The southern most viewpoint looking back across the length of the pink cliffs.

 

Escalante Grand Staircase 2017
Cedar Breaks 2017