Tuesday, August 13th: Bryce Canyon National Park, or … the Gert and Liisa trail!

It seems as if we have a plan for each day: today we’ll hike the Navajo Loop and Queen’s Garden trail. This time we will walk it counterclockwise – the Park advises to go clockwise. We first zigzag our way down the path.  

Kissing Rocks

High spruce trees are trying to catch the sun. 

This hike is not so hard and in the park’s newspaper it is mentioned as “the most wonderful three miles hike”. There seem to be more people on the trail than way up above, but this adds to a safe feeling for my boss. It is hard to describe the hike: there are the hoodoos, the trees, the manmade holes in the rocks, the  windows created by Mother Nature, the short eerie bristlecone pine trees with branches that look like brushes you use to clean toilets with. And of course the hoodoos do let your imagination work… which my boss enjoys a lot! 

This is one of the views I just love...

Back at the rim, it’s time to check the damage (=dust) on the legs and to get the hot dog! 

Not so bad for the turtle socks!

My woman returns with some other food – thinking she might as well have lunch on a bench at the rim. A Japanese woman shows up and points out if she may sit next to my boss. She takes out her painting materials and starts to sketch the scenery. How wonderful it must be to be able to do so, my woman thinks! Those hands just work, the eyes look and in no time there is a painting! 

Suddenly my woman notices the green water bottle is gone. She backtracks to the General Store, but it is lost… My woman feels a bit sad… There was this bond between her and the green bottle, which she has used during the whole trip. With this mix of feelings she returns to the campground, where we plan our hike for tomorrow!