September 14, 2020
Hoodoo Gurus? Yes, another musical reference. I could also write, "Chasin' down a hoodoo there." Or how about a modified movie line, "You do that hoodoo that you do, so wellll!" Guess the movie. OK, so it isn't voodoo, or a mystical ghost, or even an 80s Australian rock band, but these geological rock formations are pretty darn cool. These are the amazing things you see at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, my favorite place so far. I love it!
What is a hoodoo? A hoodoo is a rock pinnacles left standing from weathering and erosion. In Bryce Canyon there are thousands of limestone rocks, eroding at different stages, providing multiple shapes and sizes. Some soft layers will collapse the hoodoos while other new ones will form. The goblins from the previous post in Goblin Valley, we're just the appetizer for the main course here in Bryce.
At Bryce Canyon, take the drive to Rainbow Point for close viewing on trails or take in the astounding views. Then stop at various points on the return trip, including Agua Canyon, Black Birch Canyon, Farview Point, Paria View, and climb to the top of Inspiration Point (no, not that one). At Inspiration Point, you get a great view of the awe inspiring Bryce Canyon Ampitheater, a gigantic bowl of hoodoos in multiple colors of white, yellow, pink, red, even chocolate if you look close. All limestones, oxidized by iron, limonite, and pyrolusite. Ok, my amateur geology lesson over. I'm sure the experts can weigh in now.
Rainbow Point
After a small break, the plan was to eat at the lodge and do a small sunset hike and watch a planet presentation by the park rangers.
But after our delicious meal, to go of course as everything is these days, of Bison Stew (me) and grilled salmon (my mother), we just went back to the hotel and saw the planets from out front porch. We could see big and bright Uranus with the naked eye (insert joke here) and Mars low on the horizon.
Visit Bryce Canyon!
Next time, wild, rocks, lakes.
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