Yuba Lake State Recreation Area to Bryce Canyon NP

Friday, September 29th

We had a much more leisurely morning, allowing time for coffee and breakfast before heading out to Bryce Canyon. A beautiful sunny morning awaited us as we left at about 9 am. Traffic was light all the way on I-15 to our cutoff, Hwy 20 over to Hwy 89. Here are a few of the pictures of Hwy 20. It did have some steep sections coming down but no problem for any size rig.

Pardon the streaky pictures ... yesterday Ray cleaned the windows from all the bugs at the truck stop but unfortunately the water made huge streaks on the window.

Going around this corner he could actually see the car in his side mirror which rarely happens, as we snaked our way down to the valley bottom.

Once off of Hwy 20 it was onto Hwy 89 towards Hatch and then onto Scenic Highway 12 to Bryce.

Yes, we are back in the land of the "red rocks". Although these were taken with Ray's camera .... they were taken by me through the front window!!! lol (not up to his usual standard!)

I 'd called 3 days ago to make a reservation at Ruby's Inn and Campground after I tried on-line to secure a campsite and everything was full ... did we ever luck out. I told them yes ,we have a friendy german shepherd, a 40 foot motorhome with a tow car and they gave us the best pull-through in the park, I believe. We have lots of space. Talk about lucky. I guess it pays to have a "Behemoth rig and car". We also have the "dog park" right across from us and a trail on the  hill on the other side of us so great for Freya. On her first walk she scared up a three point mule deer, good thing she calls off easily.  Looking down the road from us, they are packed in pretty good.

Side view, lots of space and across the road a trail for Freya.

Dog relief area ... there was a lot of deer poop in that spot too.

Looking out the front window! Yikes that is packed in.

 Yes we are very fortunate getting this spot even though it is pricier than we like. Speaking to the cashier, it has been very cold and cloudy this past week so we are also lucky that the weather has changed.  It's forecast for sun for a week with lower 30's for temps overnight (0-2C) and afternoons of 68 - 70F (18C). We need to be close to the area Ray wants to take pictures. He only has "so much gas in the tank" and if the time is spent just getting to the spot he has less time to mess with his photography. The days of camping 1/2 hr to 1 hour or more away of the attraction are gone.

Once set up we went for lunch at Ruby's Inn Cowboy's Buffet & Steak Room. They had a great buffet so we decided to partake at $14.95 per person. Well worth the money. Back to camp for Ray to have a "toes up" and I sat outside throwing the stick for Freya. A great travel day. Dinner tonight will be left over lasagna I made last night at Yuba Lake.

Tomorrow off to tour Bryce Canyon early. It says sunrise pictures are the best!