Morris & Sheryl's blog: Bryce Canyon, Utah

We made it to Bryce Canyon Sunday around noon. The elevation at the park entrance is 8000 feet and climbs to 9000 feet at the far end of the park road. The entire park was blanketed with heavy snow. There were a few cars in and out of the park but for the most part it was empty due to the high altitude and cold weather. We found a camp site and set up, I think there were a total of four campers. It was cloudy, cold, and very windy as we drove the Jeep around checking out canyon views. The "Hoodoos" (rock formations) are beautiful and EVERYWHERE you look in the canyon. It's amazing! We woke-up around 6AM and shortly after that it started snowing, HARD!!!!!! I told Sheryl we needed to get the heck out of there before we were stuck for the next three or four days. Not a big deal in a car, but driving the motorhome in heavy blowing snow is not fun or safe. We hit the road and it was snowing so hard it looked like a blizzard, the wind was so strong it was blowing sideways. We finally dropped down in altitude and found our way out of the snow....at least for a little while. As soon as we started back up a mountain pass it started again. We made it to Richfield and I told Sheryl we needed to stop as the conditions were getting dangerous. We stopped in a Wendy's parking lot for about an hour; finally, the snow blowing hurricane subsided and we continued on our way. A few more miles down the highway and we left the snow behind. We arrived at Arches National Park around 4PM to find that all the campsites in the park were full, so drove south towards Moab and found a RV park for the night. It was cloudy, windy, and cold so we opted to forgo driving the Jeep to the canyon, stayed in the motorhome, and Sheryl cooked a great dinner. Hopefully tomorrow will be better and we can see the famous arches. If so, photos to follow! Attached are a few photos of Bryce Canyon and some of the scenery on the way to Arches.