I'm ashamed to say that having lived in Utah for nearly 5 years now, we've never been to Bryce Canyon! With this amazing natural wonder just being a little over an hour and a half from our house, we thought a visit there was well overdue! I'm in love with the red rock and rock formations we have here in southern Utah and I was in awe with all the hoodoo's (the chimney type stacked rock) to be found in Bryce Canyon... they truly are magnificent and Bryce is a place that everyone just has to see for themselves, you can never even begin to describe how it feels to look out over the thousands of acres of amazing views deep in the canyon. Having only a few hours in the park today, we did the Queens Garden & Navajo Loop trails - 2 trails that join up in the middle to form a 3 hour hike... and wow, was it an amazing hike! The start of the hike took us way down to the canyon floor, meandering in and out of the hoodoo's on switchback-like trails that were so beautiful. Owen loved when they'd cut holes in the red rock to make little tunnels so the trail could continue - he had so much fun running round and hiding in the little hidey holes that were naturally cut into the rocks. Once the trail hit the bottom floor, we walked for a mile or so before it started to climb up again, really steeply through a series of switch-backs, through this amazing slot canyon, ending at the top of the canyon. It was a very beautiful hike and the weather was perfect; really warm but it rained a fair bit - not heavy, just a perfect amount to keep us cool! Owen was a real trooper and walked the whole way, we were really proud of him.
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