This morning, prior to any breakfast, we headed off to Bryce Canyon’s Sunrise point to capture the morning rays.

There were already lots of other people busy enjoying the morning, some on a horseback trail ride.

We, however, were starving and decided to splurge by having breakfast at the Bryce Canyon Lodge. The Lodge was established in the 1920s. We enjoyed the buffet so much that we forgot to take any pictures!

Our next major destination is Arches National Park so we headed off in that direction. There is so much to see along this route that we decided to take an extra day for this drive.

We stopped at the BLM Office/Visitor Centre to enquire about dispersed camping permits and locations. These are free, unserviced and largely unmarked campsites throughout the southwest. Some are on rough roads and not easily accessible in vehicles such as our van, especially in monsoon season. We were determined nonetheless. After the fourth attempt we found a perfect spot at a trailhead near a creek. We did venture out on the trail, but were stopped by some cows and a horse. All three of us retreated to the van and wrote the last two blog entries. We are in the middle of nowhere, but have great cellular internet.