Thursday was another travel day, but the travel was brief.

We spent the early afternoon in Bryce.  The weather was erratic.  45 and sleet to 35, windy and snow and back up to 50, calm and partly cloudy in the span of an hour and a half.  We toured the southern part of the park but did not hike or even get out of the car for very long since we were in the windy and snow portion of the day.

We drove down to Zion, entering from the south east from Mt Carmel, along the way reading 'Till We have Faces' (C. S. Lewis).  A hard read but an enlightening picture of faith.

Bryce was spectacular in it's detail but relatively small - not on the scale of say, Yosemite.  Zion, on the other hand (and we've only seen the east canyon) is very much on the scale of Yosemite.  We are staying in Springdale and hey - have cell service for the first time of the trip.

Bryce - the camera doesn't pick up the snow

   



With the weather we were up sheep creek.



Leaving Bryce - back through Red Canyon



Entering Zion - not the main canyon yet