Following our trip to Zion (see last week’s post), we headed to Bryce Canyon National Park, perhaps best known for its spectacular hoodoos! (National Park Service)

Hoodoos are tall, irregular rock towers formed naturally by wind and weather. Hoodoos can be found throughout the world, but Bryce Canyon is home to the greatest concentration of them anywhere.

Chemical weathering . . . occurs as acids in precipitation dissolve the calcium carbonate that holds the rocks together. As windows expand, the caprock collapses creating irregular rock spires called hoodoos. (National Park Service-Bryce Canyon)

I simply don’t have words to describe the otherworldly views in the Amphitheater, with its gigantic, magical stone pillars!!

Bryce’s iconic Amphitheater is a bowl-shaped area shaped by the drainage of seasonal rains and melting snow (not truly a canyon, as those are shaped by flowing rivers). (National Park Service- Bryce Canyon Amphitheater)

My daughter, her 15-month old daughter, and I enjoyed an incredible hike along the rim from Bryce Point to Inspiration Point👆🏼!

Above and below are two other breathtaking views from our hike along the rim!

An utterly wondrous landscape~!!