Angie was so excited when I told her I'd made reservations for us to stay at Bryce Canyon for our anniversary this year. We'd always loved it there and have been meaning to go snowshoeing there some time. So this was the year, hurray! As we were driving down there we were pretty sure there wouldn't be enough snow for snowshoeing. there was only 3 or 4 inches on the ground as we approached the park. But that night the storm hit out of nowhere and dumped 15 inches in the parking lot covering our car and everything else. We were pretty darn excited and couldn't believe how well we'd timed things. We were the first in the park that morning. It was sooooo beautiful.
We took some 100 pictures or so! The snow was 20 inches deep at the shallowest, there were no snow tracks at all in the whole park, and we had the whole canyon to ourselves. It was incredible! The hike was really long (made all the longer since we were breaking trail). The whole We hiked some 3 or 4 miles.
About halfway we both pulled our groins and it made the second half of the hike much less enjoyable. When we finally reached the end we barely had enough energy to fall over the fence post into the parking lot. The whole adventure took almost 7 hours! It was so pretty, but I think next time we'll take a shorter route :) We hope you all enjoy the amazing pictures!!! (just for the record, Angie said that it was one of the best days of her life).
