Silja: Bryce Canyon

One last trail to an outlook before we leave Zion Ntl Park.

 We went through 3 seasons the past three days. It had felt like summer, when the kids had used the resort's outdoor pool before we entered Zion Canyon, where the leaves just about had started to turn yellow and red. When we left Zion Ntl. Park winds started to pick up.
We passed a buffalo-ranch and in the background of those video-shots you can hear Lea say "It's so cold, mum!" We stayed at the restaurant to taste buffalo meat, which turned out to be rather dry...

At night the temperatures dropped below zero. And when we entered Bryce Canyon, there was snow on the ground! It disappeared during the day, so the pictures don't show it, but we are not wearing T-shirts any more! The highest point in Bryce is about 3000m above sea level. The kids, who at first had been excited about the snow, refused to get out of the car each time we stopped at a view point: "No, it is so cold out there!"
To get them warm I chased them up to one of the "balconies" from which one had amazing views over intricately shaped pinnacles of sandstone and we all got so out of breath because of the thin air.
The weather forecast said  -9 Celsius for tonight, so we drove to lower altitude. (Even though the place is called Tropic, it is not! By 22:00 the temperature was already down to -3 Celsius.)
From here we will continue on the Capital Reef Ntl. Park hoping that temperatures do not drop further. Here they are expecting a snowstorm by Friday...

A masterpiece taken by Axel from sunset point at sunset