On our way down to Glendale, we took a short stop for lunch at Bryce Canyon National Park. We are becoming somewhat desensitized to the vistas so, though this was pretty, it wasn't as awe inspiring as some other places. One thing that made this park very different is that it was wooded, mostly ponderosa pine. This was a nice change from the barren rock hillsides and deserts of our last few stops.

We will be spending the next several days in the south Utah area. We have rented a car to make it easier to tackle some of the more challenging drives.

It's Saturday and seems a good time to have a little break so we pretty much just lazed around this morning. Of course, if we had given it three minutes thought, we would have realized that it's cool in the mornings and hot after lunch but I guess all this traveling has muddled our brains. The town we are in is having an apple festival this weekend so we did walk over and explored. It was a little craft fair with very few apples but some delicious looking apple pies.

After lunch, when we decided it had gotten hot enough, we took off to explore a bit in Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. As the name suggests, this park is made up of pink sand dunes, very pretty. It is a popular spot for ATVs but anyone is welcome to hike all over the dunes. We didn't go out on the tallest dunes but did hike around looking at unique vegetation. Dale was especially taken by the stands of Ponderosa Pine trees growing out of the dunes. These trees are not supposed to grow in this environment. The other interesting note was how extremely fine the sand was. They say when the wind is blowing hard, there is a real pink haze in the air.