Hoodoos

Today was a day of hoodoos. Worried about the smoke, we went early to the park. These parks don't seem to have opening or closing hours,  exactly.  You are encouraged to go early ....pre-dawn for some hikes.Bryce has astronomy programs that  start at 9pm because it has the darkest skies in the US. We have not yet managed to get to a park much before 8, but we tried a couple of times. The kids (Jeremiah ) say they would rather deal with heat than early wake ups. But this time it was OK to be a little late. The smoke wasn't particularly bad and it was only in the 80s. It wasn't crowded to the degree the other parks were. What a joy! We hiked the Navaho/Queens Garden loop down among the hoodoos, which are the weird rock formations caused by the erosion of softer underlayers. I tried out my new hiking sticks, which was good because it was a bit slippery with some very sheer drop offs. I get terrible jelly legs and vertigo on cliffs. The kids shield me as I creep across.  I conquer the vertigo and they conquer their embarrassment.