Sunset Point
When I got up this morning to check the skies, I couldn't even see the campers in the next section. We were fogged in! The bad news was that there wouldn't be a sunrise. The good news was that I could go back to bed. It was only 47 degrees in the motorhome, so going back to bed wasn't a hardship.
By 9:00, the fog was beginning to lift, so we grabbed our gear and drove to Sunset Point. The clouds were thicker in the park, but they started to lift just after we arrived.
Within 15 minutes, the magic began. For two hours, we photographed the constantly-changing light and clouds in the canyon. An area would light up for a short time, and then be hidden by the clouds. Five minutes later, a new area would be lit. We never knew what to expect or what would light next. "Never a dull moment" pretty much summed up this morning.
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| Bryce Canyon Fog | Rolling Back the Fog | Bryce Point Through the Clouds |
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| The Pope | Temple of Osiris & The Pope | Thor's Hammer |
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| Queens Garden | Queens Garden Trail |
By 11:30, the clouds blocked out the sun, so we drove over to the Visitor Center to see the park movie, buy our souvenirs, and look for things to bring home for Josephine.
We returned to Sunset Point to photograph the sunset. We had good clouds and the sun was shining, but the warm sunset light never created the glow we expected. The light stayed relatively cool, and it was a disappointing sunset.
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| Sinking Ship & Sevier Plateau | Sunset Point | Bryce Temple |
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| Bryce Hoodoos | Bryce Hoodoos | Bryce Hoodoos |
Sunset Point was packed with visitors at sunset. I've never seen so many people there. English was one of the least-spoken languages. About 70% of the people spoke French. About 15% spoke Italian. 10% spoke Japanese and 5% spoke English. It was pretty much the same this morning except there were equal numbers of Italians and French. There were some big tour groups and some very entertaining tourists. It's good to see them spending money and helping our economy.
A few days after we left Bryce, I read that The Sentinel had broken off during or after a storm. It was a reminder that the same forces that created the hoodoos are also slowly eroding them away.
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