You never know what you'll see by the side of the road - one of the joys of being on a bicycle is that you can stop to have a look at crazy things like toilets in the shade of rocks, 15 metres from the road.
Pulling a cheeky one to avoid an outrageous camping fee by hoping that the camping people have so many people staying that they don't realise we are staying an extra night, we are having a great rest day. We started late this morning, a hard earned lie in till 8.30, before a casual breakfast. We said goodbye to Carl, Sierra and Max - our friendly camping neighbours for the last two nights and generous donor's of a great meal last night.
We then bought tickets to enter Bryce Canyon and, by using the free shuttle buses they provide to prevent traffic in the park, explored it thoroughly. We went to all the main viewpoints, and I took a 3 mile walk into the abyss among the hoodoo's that are typical of Bryce Canyon - Alex chose to preserve the rest day and shuttled back to the campsite. Bryce Canyon is not actually a Canyon - more an amphitheatre of Geology in action - 200 nights a year below freezing mean that frost shattering has eroded the rocks from above, so all that remains is a forest of hoodoo's (towers of rock). I extended the walk by quite a way, taking every little animal track off the main trail (too much of a highway for my liking). It was awesome - another must-see on an American adventure.
We are working on laundry, have caught up on our blog, and will try and respond to your emails - recently too much pedaling, not enough rest and no battery in the computer, means that we have not replied to your emails (although we did read them) - sorry to be slow.
Time to sample the Campground's Hot-Tub!
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