We ate breakfast at Oscar's Cafe in Springdale then went back to the lodge and loaded the van. We retraced a part of the route we had taken to Zion and it took us back up the switch back road and through the mile long tunnel that was completed in 1930. Wehad to wait a few minutes for a bus to come through the tunnel on the way to Zion. We got a video of the trip up to the tunnel.
Our route to Bryce Canyon National Park took us through Red Canyon. It is a part of Dixie National Forrest and offers some spectacular viewing.
We stopped at Foster's on our way and found that we could check in early. We drove back to Bryce Canyon Pines Cafe and had lunch.
We spent the afternoon in the national park visiting the different viewpoints. We didn't walk a lot as we viewed the awesome statues created by erosion. Around five o'clock we were in a rain shower that also produced a bit of small hail. We waited in the van before getting our last glimpses of the canyon for the day.
We had planned to dine at Bryce Canyon Lodge, but since we didn't have a reservation we would have to wait two hours. We came back to Foster's Motel and fixed our supper in the room.
We plan to get up before sunrise so we can be in the national park to view Bryce Amphitheater as the sun comes up.
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