Tuesday, September 3 – Grand Junction, Colorado to Bryce Canyon, Utah

This rest stop on Highway 89, near Circleville, Utah, featured one of Butch Cassidy’s childhood homes.

After looking at this house, I decided they knew about “tiny houses” long before they were made popular in today’s world.

I can’t imagine the Parker family lived here with all 13 of their children.

The inside pictures have a bit of glare because there is protective glass inside the door.

The barn was also very small.

It may have housed a horse and another smaller animal or two.

Fred Hayes was instrumental in funding the restoration of this homestead.

Information that was posted between the parking lot and homestead.

1880 to 1884

After that interesting stop – and talking to another couple from Pennsylvania – we traveled on to Bryce Canyon.

On the way we drove through beautiful Red Canyon.

We checked into our room at Ruby’s Inn.

Our room was on the 2nd floor on the mountain and camping side of Elk Lodge.

The view from our balcony.

I couldn’t get close enough to identify this duck.

Since we arrived in the middle of the day, we decided to dedicate the next day to seeing the canyon.

Many four-wheelers were available for mountain expeditions and off-roading.

They usually came back looking like this. No, we did not try one of these. 🙂

While exploring the store and area around Ruby’s Inn, we decided to make reservations at Ebenezer’s for a dinner concert.

There had been a downpour during the late afternoon, and when walking to Ebenezer’s, we saw this pretty rainbow.

I felt bad for those who were out at the canyon during the rain, but later a lady showed us her rainbow pictures from the canyon. I no longer felt sorry for them but slightly jealous. 🙂

We arrived early, so I captured a few inside photos.

The buffet line was in the area on the back left. Everyone ordered their meal with their tickets – by meat choice – or vegetarian. I was not real hungry, so ordered the vegetable plate which consisted of steamed vegetables and a serving of delicious mushrooms. Cerwin ordered the beef barbecue entrée.

We enjoyed meeting the other three couples at our table. Two couples were traveling together – a brother and sister with their spouses. The sister and her husband lived in California. The brother and his wife were from Idaho. The third couple was from Utah – about fifty miles away.

The Bryce Canyon Troubadours did an excellent job of entertaining with old country and western songs.

There was a huge screen in the background with continuous slides and videos that went along with the song.

The group leader often sang songs that imitated the original singer who made the song popular.

We had a great first day in Bryce Canyon.