We started in Bryce Canyon, Utah with a broken transmission, ended in Tonopah, Nevada. Long day of interesting sights and experiences.
woke up to see a teepee (tipi? teapea? TP?) across the pond
Ducks, too. You just never know what to expect in exotic Bryce Canyon.
Always sad to see a Cruiser on a towtruck. But better than seeing it drive 12mph for 4 hours. The truck and our travel buddies rolled off towards an auto transmission shop that came highly recommended by a friend in California. Soop and I pointed in that general direction, but figured we had many hours to kill exploring.
First step: drive through hole in rock.
I could post dozen of pretty shots with interesting rocks in them. I probably will. These are "hoodoos" and the stuff for which Bryce Canyon is famous.
The park itself is on my list of future places to visit, but they don't allow dogs, so it wasn't such a good idea for us on this trip.
This may look like your average, shot up road sign...
...but in fact, it is a shot-up road sign that limits access to a road that doesn't exist. Not the weirdest thing we would see today.
Old School Camper!
We climbed up into the mountains again, headed towards Cedar Breaks, which is purported to be lovely.
Turned off on a random fire road, trying to make the drive take longer, and see some sights. Great fire roads!
"the fence...protect from livestock..." Might work better if it were a little less.... broken.
Along the way, we stumbled onto this nifty spot. Big underground cave. Very big.
The entrance is basically a hole in the ground- lava formations- bats- good stuff.
Look! I'm in a cave! In Utah!
Colman was a little reluctant... so we left him at the surface, probably better for the cave denizens anyway.
Cave interior. I'll bet it is a lot of fun to go spelunking here, but that wasn't on our agenda for the day.
... and the batty areas are blocked off so that folks like us don't disturb their hibernation, which can be lethal as they could lose precious heat/energy that they need to make it till spring.
The mountains here are much different than those we were seeing just a few hours before. And the fire from 20 years ago had really left its mark on them.
Another entrance (exit?) for the same cave, some distance away from the first one.
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