Down into the belly of the beast

I thought I posted this yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, but apparently I didn’t. So read this as if it was from Wednesday…

This morning I had the inspirational words from Blazing Saddles ringing through my head as I headed out to hike a loop in Bryce Canyon. “Now go do that hoodoo that you do so well!”, or something like that…

I started with Wall Street, then Peekaboo Loop and finished with Queen’s Garden. A bit over 6 miles with 1,500’ of elevation gain made for a good workout, and as always, can’t beat the views. There isn’t a whole lot else to report from the hike other than one of the local chipmunks tried to shake me down for some food as I nibbled on my Cliff Bar. I even had to take my backpack off the tree where I had hung it as the greedy little dude decided begging from the ground wasn’t working and tried to make a break for the bag.

Anyway, another great hike, and while there were plenty of people on the trails it really didn’t seem very crowded except at the main intersection of Walk Street, Navajo and Queen’s loops.