Dropping into Red Canyon!

Looking west. Red Canyon (which drops off ahead beyond the obvious break in slope into the red rock exposures) holds Utah SR 12, the main highway into Bryce Canyon National Park. (The turnoff into the park is a couple of miles behind the photo point.) UT 12 thru the canyon is paralleled by a paved bike trail, seen here, and it's a really mellow bike ride. Or at least it is if you do it in the downhill direction, with a car waiting at the lower trailhead, as we did. ;) The insets show various views along the trail. When this pic was taken the Park Service was in the process of extending the bike trail into the park, which would be a nice ride too!