We've been skiing in Salt Lake as part of the March ritual. Interop is again in Las Vegas but this time I'll be teaching the AppleTalk course on my own. Two days on my feet. Need to be in right frame of mind. Good conditions for a road trip.

I had always wanted to visit Bryce. The photographs along the airport wall are a good advertisement. No place really looks like that.

We headed down on Friday this time. The instructor's dinner was Sunday and this would leave a bit more margin than last year where the change in time zone came in handy. Yoko came along since she had never seen the southwest before.

The drive along I15 was very disturbing to her. There's too much empty space here. Japan doesn't have roads so straight. It isn't fair, we have no space and you have too much. Why doesn't anyone live here? They do, just not many of them, but some belonging to very large families.

I got bored at some point and jumped off the interstate to take Utah 20 east and came down US89. Makes you appreciate the speed and efficiency of the US interstate system.

Off of Utah 12 there's this little feature called Red Canyon. It's red. Hence the name I suppose. Really red. We pulled off to the side and hiked around a bit. It was a scene right out of a Star Trek episode where Kirk has to fight some alien with sticks to save his space ship. This is going to be fun.

Bryce really does exist. It's practically a religious experience. It's awesome yet peaceful. The eerie like quality of the place can keep you sitting on a ledge for hours at a time listening to the silent sounds of the ancient hoodoos.

Too bad it isn't a cloudless day.

We hiked all the way around top and bottom. The main trails are well travelled and at 6,000 or so feet you get some exercise. Chock full of natural wonders.

And we walked, and walked, and walked. It's all up hill from here.

Job well done and a trip well worth the drive. We didn't have enough time to spend the night here but I'd be back to see a sunrise or sunset at this place.