We found out that a winter storm was coming and snow was inevitable in the southern Utah area. We were going to move the trailer to Bryce Canyon area, but we knew we were going to a higher elevation, which meant 15 degrees cooler than Zion.
Instead of moving the trailer north we decided to stay because we really liked the Zion Ranch and Lexi loved all of the kid friendly activities(unlimited miniature golf), petting zoo, and the pool tables. We headed to Bryce National Park for the day.
We stopped at a fun roadside stop of taxidermy museum. It was a great museum with unbelievable amounts of "stuffed animals". We had fun and they had mule deers in back for feeding.
Back on the road we went to the only general store we found on our 86 mile trip. We needed mittens, coats, and hats. The temperature was a high of 43 degrees. We did our best at the Ruby's general store. We were completely unprepared for this weather.
It was cold but we stopped at all of the stops at Bryce Canyon. We witnessed the HooDoos and hiked the rim trail. We ended up doing the geology talk with the ranger who explained that it wasn't really a canyon. Canyons are created by a river and this was created by rain and ice. I wished it would have been better weather because it would have been incredible to take the hike to the bottom.
It was so cold we ditched the shuttle and got the truck. It just was too cold to wait for the shuttle. Lexi got her Junior Ranger badge and we headed back on the road.
It was the worst weather. It was solid raining and wind the whole way. We stopped at a small roadside restaurant for a great piece of pie and homemade vegetable beef soup. It was so delicious, all the vegetables were from their garden.
The night was crazy with beating rain and howling wind. We had a few leaks in the trailer due to condensation. We played games late into the evening and didn't wake up until after 8 the next morning.
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