Bryce Canyon

Allison and I went to Bryce Canyon during the middle of the week (Wed & Thu) for a short Fall getaway. We began our travels at Summit and followed a dirt road up through the Ashdown Wilderness area coming out at Brianhead. From their we fished Panquitch Creek before heading to Bryce for dinner at the Lodge. After dinner we watched the Bar G Wranglers perform at Ebenezer's Barn & Grill. We spent the night in a cabin and then left for Mossy Cave in the morning. We traveled home through Tropic Reservoir, to Skumptewa Road, to Johnson Canyon and then to Kanab.

Blue Lake Hike

Allison and I hiked to Blue Lake starting from the Bullion Pasture Trailhead at an elevation of 10,993 ft. We began at 11:15 AM and hiked an abandoned road, used to repair the spillway in 2007, the 2.3 miles to the lake (elevation 9755 ft). It took us approximately one hour. We spent a half hour or so wandering around the lake looking at the spillway, an old cabin and taking in the views of Mt. Baldy (12,050 ft) and Mt. Belknap (12,128 ft) which we had hiked one year earlier. It took us about 1.5 hours to hike back to the Explorer, arriving at 2:30 PM for a total round trip hike of about 5 miles.