It's always lovely to have a full day to just enjoy a place without having to break camp, pack up, and get back in the saddle. I was thankful we decided to spend a full day at Bryce Canyon. But of course, we could not abandon our steeds, so we decided to bike from the our campsite out to Rainbow Point and do some easy hiking.
It was so cold we lounged around in the tent as long as possible before getting out... so we set out to the cafe for a coffee. We could barely feel our fingers as we pulled up to the cafe and the warm coffee cups felt so good on our hands! The sun slowly rose as we enjoyed the views at Sunrise Point and then we were off to bike to Rainbow Point.
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| Fall colors! |
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| Ooh, an arch. |
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| An exploration into the wooded backcountry... not another soul on the trail. |
We had an easy roll back to camp and even had time for a sink bath and some bike maintenance before a relaxing happy hour.
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| A wee bit o' bike maintenance. |
After an early dinner, we decided to go for a walk because it was too early for bed and we bumped into an older retired Asian woman who needed a place to park her car to sleep. We had actually scored a campsite with two picnic tables and well, with bikes, no need for our parking space, so I walked over and offered her a spot at our site. As we finished our walk, we discovered much to our chagrin that there was a short trail right from the campground to the canyon rim. What!? We watched the sun set and found a great spot where we vowed to wake up early and make coffee and breakfast to watch the sun rise.
We fell into a fitful sleep as our neighbors were a bit rowdy... that, and Ani's farts from the alpaca pepperoni and beans and rice.
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