pegasus1300
07-05-2016, 09:30 PM
Cynthia has been wanting to go to Bryce Canyon for months,since last year in fact. It is only 150 miles south of us so she though she might like to do it on the Spyder RT. Well one thing led to another and it just never happened,until she retired this June 30. I asked her what she wanted to do for the 4th now that she is retired and she decided we should go to Bryce. That sounded fine to me but she said she didn't want to go down by US89 could we go thru Antimony instead? Sure I like that road anyway.
We headed out Monday morning about 9AM and promptly run into a parade in Gunnison. The Police directed us to a route around the parade and we were off. Several miles down the road on UT 24 we get into Koosharem and sure enough anther parade. I didn't think Koosharem had a big enough population to put together a parade and still have people left over to watch it but they did. There is no way around thid parade so we joined it but the people were less then enthusiastic when they found out we didn't have any candy to throw. We switch over to UT62 then Ut 22 into Antimony and another parade. I didn't think anybody lived here either but their parade was bigger then Koosharem's. And they offered us candy and Ice Cream. We wave at the people and they waved back and we went on down to Bryce Canyon. Lunch at Ruby's Inn first and another surprise nobody was there. Half the tables were empty and I didn't have to fight for a parking place. Nice lunch then in the park. No lines,drove right in. We had decided to ride to the end of the road then take our time coming back. Rainbow Point is the last stop and one of the most favorite. In the past I have had to circle for awhile to get a parking place. Not today there were many places available.133460
can't say enough about how beautiful Bryce is so I'll just post some of my pictures133464133463133462133461
1st picture is rainbow point,2nd is Ponderosa Point,#3 the road up to Rainbow,#4 Ponderosa Pines,people in at parade in Antimony
We headed out Monday morning about 9AM and promptly run into a parade in Gunnison. The Police directed us to a route around the parade and we were off. Several miles down the road on UT 24 we get into Koosharem and sure enough anther parade. I didn't think Koosharem had a big enough population to put together a parade and still have people left over to watch it but they did. There is no way around thid parade so we joined it but the people were less then enthusiastic when they found out we didn't have any candy to throw. We switch over to UT62 then Ut 22 into Antimony and another parade. I didn't think anybody lived here either but their parade was bigger then Koosharem's. And they offered us candy and Ice Cream. We wave at the people and they waved back and we went on down to Bryce Canyon. Lunch at Ruby's Inn first and another surprise nobody was there. Half the tables were empty and I didn't have to fight for a parking place. Nice lunch then in the park. No lines,drove right in. We had decided to ride to the end of the road then take our time coming back. Rainbow Point is the last stop and one of the most favorite. In the past I have had to circle for awhile to get a parking place. Not today there were many places available.133460
can't say enough about how beautiful Bryce is so I'll just post some of my pictures133464133463133462133461
1st picture is rainbow point,2nd is Ponderosa Point,#3 the road up to Rainbow,#4 Ponderosa Pines,people in at parade in Antimony