Today was mostly a short moving day, from Zion to the Petrified Forrest State Park near Escalante. We had a leisurely morning, doing puzzles, reading some news, and we made French toast and little smokies outside on the flat top. After cleaning up camp we departed through the soon to be closed to campers tunnel. As we were leaving Zion we saw this guy:

After leaving the park we drove to Red Canyon, near Bryce, but much less crowded, and did a 2+ mile hike. The contrast between the greens of the fir trees and the red of the rocks was really stunning.

We arrived at the Petrified Forrest campground and got set up. It’s really nice and quiet and we have a beautiful site with a view of the reservoir (which is low like all southwest reservoirs)

The plan is to head into town for some pizza in a little while, and then enjoy our evening. We’ll base here for another 3 days doing some hikes in the area.