A day at Bryce Canyon National Park

 

Our time at Bryce Canyon National Park was short. We could have spent more time there but I felt like a day there was plenty. 

We checked into our hotel Best Western Plus Ruby's Inn, it is a big motel but it was convenient and the right price. I always request ground floor rooms because we have to unload our car, we never leave anything in the car, the last thing I want on vacation is to deal with broken car windows. I booked this room on the Chase Travel Portal for 6,703 points or $101.50, included free breakfast. Our room was ready when we arrived around 4PM, we unloaded, showered and went to dinner. We ate at the hotel restaurant, Ruby's Inn Cowboy's Buffet & Steak Room, there is nothing special about this place we were hungry and didn't want to go far. 

After dinner we headed into the park, just a 10 minute drive from the hotel. We got our National Park Pass at the gate, stopped at the visitor's center for our stamp and souvenirs then headed to Sunset Point. 

Sunset Point

It was chilly on this overcast evening (06/27/2020), but beautiful. We headed back to the hotel to rest our legs since we had a 5 mile hike planned the next morning. 

Ready for our figure-eight loop

Our goal was to hike the Navajo Loop Trail & Peek-a-Boo Loop, which is about 5 miles. You start the hike at the top and hike down the canyon, which of course means your hike ends with a climb. The elevation change is 500 feet. 

Wall Street, amazing way to start our hike. You can see the switchbacks leading into the canyon. 

We started the hike right at 8AM and finished right around 11AM, just in time for our tailgate sandwiches in the parking lot. I wish we could have seen more of Bryce Canyon, but we needed to head over to Zion for the hike we were most excited about. 

Another great way see part of Bryce Canyon is by horse, they have horseback riding tours that take you down in the canyon.