Yesterday, while at the visitor center at Bryce National Park, I took this picture of their two vast solar panel arrays. Bryce is pretty remote, and I supose these supply the park with their electical power.
This morning, as we were leaving I took another picture from about the same spot, and as you can see, these huge arrays are totally steerable, following the sun as it crosses the sky.
On the way out of the park we passed through an area called Red Rock Canyon, and, you guessed it, the rocks are really red!
It was a little less than two hour drive to Zion National Park, and as we got nearer, the mountains loomed large and consisted of sheer rock.
We had to go through a couple of tunnels that are burrowed through solid rock.
The second tunnel, after we entered the park was over a mile long. They only allow motorhome traffic to flow one way because it is so narrow. Here Miss Travelaire is waiting for the oncoming traffic to finish. She looks like she's crouched on the starting line raring to go in this photo!
There were holes to the outside at a few places in the tunnel, and this picture of the rock face of this mountain shows one of these holes.
We had to decend a couple thousand feet into the park, and this picture of our GPS shows the kind of road we were negotiating! Not good for the passenger sitting peering over the edge!
The campground (N37 12 12.9, W112 59 06.0) is a picturesque spot, as is the whole area up the canyon.
This morning when we got up at Bryce National Park, the puddles on the ground were frozen. But here at Zion, it is quite a bit warmer because of the lower elevation, and it reached about 70 F (21 C) this afternoon. So it was warm enough (barely) to sit outside in the evening at a campfire for awhile.
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