May 1 – 8
Staying at the Cow Hollow Equestrian Campground, National Forest Campground. Pleasant spot. Only 4 big sites, amounts the pine trees, very little wind (yeah!), no water but it’s free!
May 2 – Matt made friends with some other folks in the campground and went for a bike ride from the site! I took Benat and Dexter and hiked Thunder Mountain trail, hiking towards where Matt would be coming out. The hike was nice, but only trees and I wanted to see hoodoos. So after a mile I decided to turn back and move to the trails behind the Red Rock Visitor Center. There were some great formations there.
May 3rd – Bryce Canyon National Park!
Hiked the Sunset to Sunrise trail. It was beautiful and surreal. Hiking in and around the hoodoos. They are multi colored and so very tall. So many layers. I had planned on hiking “wall street” but unfortunately it was still closed due to icy conditions. We quickly drove the rest of the park, checked out an arch and filled the bucket full of snow (yes snow!!) to take back to the camper. The Bryce Amphitheater is the star of the park.
May 4 – Matt went for a mountain bike ride that would end on the Loosie Trail in the Red Canyon so the rest of us hiked up it to meet him. Nice flat trail. Dexter enjoyed the small rivers still flowing.
May 5 – hiked near the Kings Creek Campground next to the Tropic Reservoir. Pretty but windy. Small area with hoodoos. Back at the campsite Benat rode a horse and got a hair cut. The cut isn’t pretty but I got all the knots out.
May 6 – Matt did a big bike ride, combining his 2 previous rides on Thunder mountain, Cassidy and Loosie while I hiked the Arches Trail at the Loosie Trailhead. Some of the best rock formations.
May 7 – Back to Bryce NP to hike part of the Peek-A-Boo Trail. Started at the Sunset trailhead again (so many switchbacks going down) and hiked the east part of the loop up to Bryce Point. The hike up from peek-a-boo to Bryce Point was the best views of the amphitheater. So absolutely amazing. So many photos taken.
Clark Family Adventures 