You Realize That Life Goes Fast. It's Hard to Make the Good Things Last.

On Monday we reluctantly left our resort and Zion and headed toward Bryce Canyon.

It was Coadster's last day with us. Since we weren't sure she was coming on the trip with us when I booked everything, the last two stops could only house two people, so Coadster was going to head back to Iowa after lunch. It was so great to have her with us. She helped so much with driving and she was a great sport to hang out with a couple of old people and put up with our geriatric antics.

We went to the visitor's center to see what would be a good hike to see cool stuff in a few hours. They suggested the Navajo Loop. So, we did that.

It was really cool. I'm so glad that Coadster got over her fear of heights from when she was a child, because this would have done her in.

Luckily, the trails were wide and not hard to walk on.

We loved the little archways to walk through too.

We were also going to try and hike Queen's Garden, but Coadster had a long drive ahead of her, so we bailed on that and hopefully, Coadster will have a chance to come back and do it later.

We agreed that Navajo Trail was a great hike to do if that's all you had time for.

Sadly, it came time to say goodbye to our Coadster. We were so sad to see her go, but we were very glad that we had that time with her in such perfect conditions. I always say this, but try to make the fun experiences happen whenever you can, you never know what can change in your life, and you'd hate to say, "I should have done that..." I hope that even when I'm (hopefully old) at the end of my time here on earth, I will have these images and memories to look back on and still be in wonder of it.

I really did like Bryce Canyon. It was beautiful and the Hoo Doo's were so cool to behold.

After Coadster left, John and I decided to check out the trails through the park.

Bryce was the only park that we saw that had an actual bike path through it.

Because there was a shuttle and there wasn't much car traffic, we even rode off the bike path up to Inspiration Point.

Once we got there, I felt very inspired. What incredible views.

We took the path through Dixie National Forest and just to the border of Bryce Canyon city and then turned around.

Since it was getting late, we decided to save the bike path past Bryce Canyon City as far as it would go for the next day.

In the evening we got pizza at the Bryce Canyon Inn, and it was delicious. Strangely enough for a Mormon state, the local beer we had in Utah was great too.

We were going to try and stay up and watch a movie in our AirBnB that night, but we watched a half hour series and both crashed. All of this hiking and biking can really wear an old person out.