Panguitch, Bryce, RedRock Canyon & Cedar Breaks

This sign was out of Panguitch - apparently some people must leave town the wrong way to go to Bryce.
This little guy was having some flowers for 'munch' when we passed by. It did not even stop eating.
This was a natural tunnel for roadside water to to pass through, kind of neat in the rocks.
one of the landslides that happen due to the rain and snow of the winters here.
The colors are changing and it was really beautiful.
Various formations in the Cedar Breaks Park, it is a small park but worth the visit.



Bil and some photos of Bryce National Park.
This is a natural arch formed when the softer sandstone is washed away by spring thaws and the rivers they create.












A modern round up. These horses were on the loose and were rounded up by a dog and an ATV. They literally crossed our paths while out for a back country drive.
Following are 4 shots of some of the rock formations in Red Rock Canyon.




Panguitch (means big fish in Paiute)has some beautiful brick homes. In the early days of the city there was a brick works that paid their employees in brick rather than in money. Many of the homes were literally built from their wages. Here are a couple examples.

This is an eagle's we saw in one of our drives.
Evening skies at our campground in Panguitch.
A look across the landscape of Utah.

Hole in the Rock--a different kind of house

The sign tells the story of the dinner turned home in the rock. Robert Christensen built this amazing house.
overview of the grounds.
This is the main doors to the home. It is 5000 sq ft with 14 rooms. You can Google holeintherock.com to see more about the house and builling of it.
Looking across the bed to the fireplace and setting area.
This was Gladys' bedroom after Robert passed. She lived n the home 17 more years and left it with instructions in her will that it be a landmark for all to see. Some of the dolls here are over100 years old.
As you can see there are pillars in the home. There are 3 that serve to separate some of the rooms as well as for support. Robert used a hammer and chisel to level the floor. Gladys used them to put little shelves in the stone for ornaments to sit on.
Gladys completed the fireplace after he passed away.
They were both laid to rest in the rock garden area of the house rock.

Robert made the head of Lincoln on what was to be the patio on the roof of the house. It was to be 100 steps up from the inside, but he had a heart attack before he could finish it.
Robert loved Roosevelt and made this memorial in the side of the house.

Mexican Hat, Cisco and Moab Utah

We headed for Mexican Hat-click to enlarge the photo to see the road at the base of the mountain. It was quit a road to drive on. You could see yourself coming and going. The road was narrow gravel.
This is the view across the valley from above that road.
The warning for the road -they were very serious and the sign was very accurate.
Looking at the road from the side part way down the mountain.
This is one of the boulders that threatens the road from above.
Looking back across the valley once we were down.
The mountains look like an Indian blanket with the different colors and designs.
This rock is the reason the town is called Mexican Hat.
We found this old suspension bridge on the way to Cisco. It has not bottom to the bridge so no driving or walking on it.
It was a good thing we dd not plan on staying or eating in Cisco. Turns out it is pretty much abandoned.
This was the old Post Office for the now defunct town. There were a few people there and a small store but not much else.
One of the typical houses and cars left in the town.
A look across the town or at least part of it.

We stopped to see some Petroglyphs near the Colorado River. This is the whole rock they were on.This is a tree ladder in the crack of the rock that the early people used to get to the top of the rock in the above photo.
Finally here are the Petroglyphs.
Some of the people along the river have built their homes right into the rock.
Here is a garage that was built into the rock. We also saw the use these type garages for horses.