Day 5 - Driving to Bryce
We took the 'long way around' from Zion to Bryce. We were warned about a tunnel on the east side of the park that RV's have to get a pass and pay an escort fee to go through. We went back out UT-9 to UT-17 N to the I-15 N. That worked well as we were able to stop in Cedar City and stock up on groceries. Then we continued on I-15 to UT-20 E to UT-89 S to UT-12 E to UT-63 S. Including the stop, I think it took us about 4 hours.
We arrived at Ruby's Inn RV Park and Campground at around 3:00 pm. We were assigned to site 159. The site was gravel, long, but not very level. We had a hard time getting level, but other than that we loved the site. It was like camping out in the woods.
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| Our Campsite |
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| View looking out from our campsite |
Day 6 - Bryce Canyon National Park
Saturday, we visited Bryce Canyon National Park. Bryce Canyon gets its name from Ebenezer Bryce, who had come west with Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers.
We chose to take the Bryce Canyon Shuttle into the park rather than drive in. The shuttle was right outside the entrance to Ruby's, so it was very convenient.
You can drive into Bryce Canyon, but we were so glad we didn't. This was Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, and it was packed with cars. Even the shuttle bus got stuck in the long line of cars trying to get to the entrance to the park. Our first stop was the Visitor Center, where got our National Park Passports stamped, and watched a 22 minute video about the history, geology and environment of Bryce Canyon.
Bryce Point was Shuttle Stop 3. From Bryce Point, you get a view of the entire amphitheater.
Hoodoos are the tall, skinny spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of the basins. In Bryce Canyon, these hoodoos range in height from that about as tall as the average person to taller than a 10 story building.
Our next stop was Inspiration Point. There are three different viewpoints that provide slightly different views of the amphitheater.
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| David on the trail |
After that, we stopped at the Bryce Canyon Lodge for lunch. They had a nice little restaurant that had a lunch buffet. I think we caught the tail end of the buffet, but it was still pretty good. It had a great salad bar. And the banana pudding was great!
Next stop was Sunrise Point.
RV and Camper Info
Ruby's Inn was a lovely campground. The pull-through site will full hook-ups was $44.95 a night. That is for 2 adults, so we did have to pay a $3 a night extra person fee since David was with us.
As I mentioned above, the site we were in was not very level, but other than that, is was a great site.
The laundry facilities were good. Clean. Two rows of washers and dryers. It as $2.50 per load to wash and $1.50 per load to dry. There were vending machines with soft drinks in the laundry room. Unfortunately, the laundry room closed at 8:00 pm. That seemed a bit early to me.
There were 2 sets of showers - one up front by the office, and one down lower in the campground. I used the one down in the campground. They were individual shower rooms with locks on the door. They were nice and clean. The water was super soft though. It felt like you'd never get the soap rinsed off.
There was a large grassy area for dogs, but it was not fenced in, so it was an 'on leash' area.
There were also a lot of tent sites, should anyone want to tent camp.
The shuttle to Bryce National Park was right out front, and there was a cute little shuttle that would take you to various places in the 'town'.
Verizon reception was ok most of the time. Sprint was barely 1 bar. We were never able to connect to the park's WiFi. TV reception over the air was non-existent. We didn't try Dish, as our neighbor campers had told us that they were not able to get a signal, even with their dish mounted on their roof.
I would definitely stay here again, all things considered.
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