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[quote=Anonymous]Day 5, Part 2: heading to Bryce 
I suppose this is a good point to talk about the fact that there were various closures at Zion (there were also closures at Bryce). In Zion, the Narrows, upper emerald pool trail, kayenta trail, and the Zion Mt Carmel highway were all closed.  The closure that I cared most about was the highway, because that would have made the drive to Bryce shorter and I would have also liked to see some East entrance stuff. But as Zion IG says: geologic time includes NOW and we were in Zion to see nature and these closures happened as part of nature. For the most part, I wasn’t bothered by the closures. You can’t do everything on your first visit and we had more than enough to do as is it was.

So, we hit the road to Bryce and this drive also had pretty views. It took about 2 hr 45 mins taking the longer route since the Zion Mt Carmel highway was closed.

Checked in to The lodge at Bryce Canyon - the only in-park lodging.  I made these reservations a year in advance. 
I think national park lodges are in great natural locations but “rustic” in general (low on amenities and no TV for example), but we are all glad we stayed in-park at Bryce. It was really the most convenient option.  The food situation in Bryce left a little to be desired. There was the lodge restaurant (which was good), a general store, and a pizza place. It turned out the pizza place was not open for the season yet. 
This first night we were not planning for a sit down dinner, but DH went to the general store and said he couldn’t eat anything there, so we had dinner at lodge (which was good, no wait to be seated).

From our hotel room it was a 3 min walk to sunset point - we walked over before bed to see the views. 
It was cold in Bryce this night.

(Some people we met stayed in Zion and did Bryce as a day trip). 
The lodge internet service was really poor and no cell phone service. [/quote]

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