After a leisurely morning driving through the east side of Zion Park, we turned north and arrived at Bryce Canyon Lodge around 1:30 on May 15,  a little after the McColls, who had adjoining room to ours. We had two nights’ reservations at the Lodge with ample room just a couple hundred yards from the Canyon rim.

Great views from the rim during the afternoon and evening, including the configuration of Thor’s Hammer, Queen Victoria, and other fancied images of the Amphitheater.  We walked the rim before dinner and ate at the Lodge, a bit pricey, but the food was average.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Victoria and I were involuntarily awake at 4 a.m.the next morning, but we had planned to view the sunrise from, appropriately, Sunrise Point. We were about a half hour early to arrive at the viewing platform, but we had the best position and plenty of pre-sunrise photos as follows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So  sunrise  was  not overrated.  We  were thrilled to witness the glory of a day that actually started cloudy, but turned into a bright and warm Tuesday, which follows . . .