September 29th – 30th
Bryce Canyon National Park has one of the most unique landscapes of the places we visited, while the land is made up of pretty much the same set of layers, it’s the climate that causes the cracks and erosion to take place, and form the many ‘hoodoos’, and in fact, the landscape is still pretty much changing quickly (in geological terms, quick is in thousands and millions of years), and we can expect that at the current rate, it might all be gone one day.
And the Ranger provided an interesting talk on the geology and fossils found in the Grand Staircase, a huge region covering from Bryce Canyon, Zion until the Grand Canyon. Where the rock layers seem to be pushed up, allowing scientists to study and track the history of the earth in that region, all the way back to 1.5 Billion Years ago.
The boys weren’t too interested in geology talks, they would much prefer to be doing something, so a quick visit and we were on our way to Zion National Park. But not before mummy and daddy had some photos taken, and a good view of the landscape. This place is definitely worth a visit again someday.
Zion National Park
This park is home to a variety of landscape. Coming from Bryce (North), the landscape is marked by sandstone, a layer showing a period when there was a sandy desert present, and one can even make out the dunes, and wind directions from the shape and the line markings on the structures.
A great variety landscape within the park itself, we were all in awe as we drove through one entrance of the park to the next. In the middle was a long tunnel, that, at the other end, brought us to the next part of the National Park that had grand and vast cliffs and canyons.
A nice lunch on the picnic grounds, and a short hike, and we were on our way to the next stop before we reach the Grand Canyons. Heck, we even had time to get the kids to pick up rubbish and become junior rangers of the park 
