8/17/13 - Cedar City, UT

We drove to Bryce Canyon National Park today.  We went through the Dixie National Forest to get there.  On the road through the forest is Red Canyon -- we stopped and took pictures.  At Bryce Canyon we stopped at Inspiration Point and Bryce Point.  The thunderclouds started to roll in pretty fast.  There was a lot of lightning and thunder nearby.  After stopping at Paria View and taking pictures, it started to rain.  This is the first major rain of our trip.  The temperature cooled off to 60 degrees.  We drove to Sunset Point and one of Jim’s pictures captured lightening.  Then we went to Sunrise Point.  Both Sunset ad Sunrise Points were without the sunshine.  The last stop was Fairyland Canyon and then we drove back to camp.  We went through Cedar Breaks National Monument to get back.  At camp it had barely rained.