We loved our full day in Bryce Canyon – talk about an otherworldy spot. We headed out very early from Lake Powell with plans to hike during the day and spend the night in a Yurt just outside of the National Park. Upon arriving at the visitor center, we realized we were benefitting from low season here — parking is notoriously terrible in Bryce (one parking spot for 5 cars typically in the park at a time) and at the visitor center, the lot was nearly empty.

We visited a handful of the lookout points – Sunrise and Sunset, Bryce Point and then headed out on the Navajo Loop -> Queen’s Garden Trail.

The Navajo Loop hike went down into the Canyon (and back-up!). We paths were covered in reddish dust and generally pretty easy to navigate. Glad we went down where we did (it was crazy steep) and back-up where we did (it was a bit more prolongued in the ascent).

We had a late lunch and store trip at Ruby’s Inn, just outside of the park (nothing to write home about 😉 and made our way to the Yurt site. The Yurt was quite large and had a great setup inside. The wood stove was setup to keep the inside of the Yurt warm through the night and there were two burners for cooking (our Ramen noodle dinner). The only rain we’ve seen on this trip came while we were here, but passed through quickly and the Yurt solidly protects from the rain.

Loved this day!