Bryce Canyon National Park is known for it’s amphitheaters full of Hoodoos. Hoodoos are irregularly eroded spires of rock. The main amphitheater is viewed from various viewpoints along the 18-miles scenic drive. The viewpoints all have the perspective of standing at the top and looking down. To get in closer you’ll need to take one of the numerous hiking trails to hike down into the amphitheater. The hike I chose to take went through the Bristlecone Pine forest rather than down into the hoodoos.
I didn’t find looking down into the wide expanse of the amphitheater that interesting after a while, and found myself seeking out the trees as my photographic subject and letting the rocks be the background. With all the rock, it’s hard to imagine how the trees grow in some of the places you’ll find them.
There is another section of the park called Mossy Cave, that with a short hike will take you to a creek and waterfall, where you are at ground level looking up at the hoodoos instead of looking down on them.
After leaving Bryce Canyon, I drove on Highway 12 to get to Capitol Reef National Park. It may have been focus on the trees in Bryce Canyon, but I was fascinated with the trees along the highway and made many stops to photograph them.
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