Well, we're off on the first of our summer camping
trips to see our nearby national parks.
Unfortunately someone forgot to tell the weatherman
it was spring!
We headed south for Bryce Canyon. We camped at
a nearby KOA. and when we arrived at about 6am
on Friday morning, it was snowing!!
Fortunately we were in Kamping Kabin.
We headed on up to the park anyway,
and actually it was a treat to see the park in
the snow. It doesn't usually happen at this
time of year and when it does in the winter
it's so cold the roads freeze and they close them.
So, I guess we were lucky (and cold).

To get to Bryce Canyon from our campground, or from
anywhere I guess, you first drive through Red Rocks State Park
which is really beautiful in it's own right.
The snow wasn't so bad down there, but after driving
through the two red tunnels and up to the canyon
the higher we went the worst the snow was!
The second day we did manage to get a few
pictures with some sunshine when the
clouds parted periodically.

Here we are at the main entrance to the park.
 

There's lots of pictures of hoodoos, arches
and SNOW!
For traffic control, they ask you to drive all the way
to the end of the canyon and then stop
at all the lookouts on the way back, because they're
all on the right side that way.
So naturally we started at the highest point,
and therefore the most snow.
But the pictures are still quite beautiful!
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