Bryce Canyon is quite small and you can visit this park in a half day. It will take a little longer if you decide to hike in the Park. There are some trails, but I didn't really hike today. It was quite cold, the Park is located above 2200 meters (highest point: 2800m) and there were still large patches of snow... Of course I decided to wear a short, meaning my legs were once again (nearly) frozen... Moreover, I was a little tired and my backpack with all my photographic stuff was heavy. So, I took the scenic drive with my car (total: 40 miles) and stopped at the scenic points indicated on the map. I only hiked a few miles in the morning, along the rim of sunrise and sunset points. This is the first stop, closest to the visitor's center, when you visit Bryce Canyon. IMO, it's the best view you will get in the park. There, you can see the most beautiful hoodoos, and also the largest amount of them. Just have a look at the following pictures, and you'll see what hoodoos are: they look like gigantic orange toothpicks ("pinnacles" is the exact term).
I also saw a chipmunk (remember Chip 'n Dale, the Walt Disney characters???), a blue bird (a jay, or something like that), and lots of deers.
I saw (and heard) lots of Frenchs and Germans... All I can say is that the Germans behave a lot better than the Frenchs... The French people I saw today were all talking extremely loudly, I think the whole Park has heard their conversation (pretty uninteresting) today.
At the end of the day, I walked in the neighborhood of my hotel and I saw,guess what... a Trabant! Yes, I saw this little East German car parked near the hotel. That was cool!!! It once belonged to Rolf Becker, a.k.a. D-Rolf. If you're interested, you can have have a look at his website, www.d-rolf.com , or you can see the picture taken during his trip to the USA with the Trabant that is now parked near Bryce Canyon: http://www.d-rolf.com/fotogalerien/galerie.php?id=2
The tires are now nearly flat and the Trabi is covered with a lot of dust and little rocks... If you want, you can buy it for 1999 USD+taxes. Anyone interested ??? :)
