Bryce Canyon (Day1)

After two rainy days we woke up early, right when the sun started peaking over the mountains. Ahhhh finally, the sun is back! We took care of a few things for work then packed up and headed to Bryce Canyon, our next destination. The drive was short and lead us up into higher elevation. Which lead us right back into another storm, that greeted us with a cold wind and snow! Disappointedly we checked into the Campground and decided to just work the rest of day, unless the weather would get better. We were lucky, in the afternoon it stopped snowing and the sun came out. So we used the opportunity to go out for a quick peak at Bryce Canyon. Bryce Canyon is basically a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion, leaving these exposed delicate and colorful pinnacles called hoodoos. The erosion is taking place in a pretty short time span, so that you can see trees growing along the ridge of the canyon, whose roots already had been exposed. Every once in a while pieces break off, and apparently you can hear the sound of crumbling rock in the spring when the sun starts heating up the rocks. When we arrived at the park, we got out of the car and walked up to the first vista point. I looked at Tommy and he had his mouth open and said: "I had no idea what Bryce Canyon was". I laughed and asked him if he had never seen pictures of it, not even in the gift shop at the campground a couple of hours earlier when we checked in. Apparently he hadn't because he was really blown away by what he saw. It really is a beautiful place and there is no comparison to seeing it in person, but what a surprise it must have been for him not even knowing what he was in for and then seeing this amazing place for the first time.