Place: Wildlife in Zion-Bryce region...

The route from Zion to Bryce National park offers great opportunity to view wildlife..........
We got to see...
Herds of bisons, in ranches...

Pronghorn...

Mountain blue bird...

White-breasted nuthatch....

Flocks of  mule deer...

Also some rabbits...while it delightful enjoyable watching these wildlife, It was sad to see so many of them as victims of roadkill.....if only this could be prevented, by installing wire or something...but then, it will fragment their habitat and their population structure will affected....a novel solution much be reached to save these critters..

Place: Bryce Canyon Park, the maze of hoodoos...

The amphitheaters in Bryce canyon national park...
Indeed, "a hell of a place to lose a cow" - Ebenezer Bryce (the pioneer who gave the namesake park its name)...

Crowded with myriad hoodoos..the sedimentary rock pillars carved by million years of  water and wind erosion...

It was a privilege to soak in this magnificent slice of history...

more to create a memory...

Located at 9, 000 feet, the highest elevation of Colorado plateau..the weather was chilly even in April..with heaps of snow on road slides..vistas from different view point varied widely..

High walls of sedimentary rocks........

For time constraint, we couldn't  hike the trails running among the hoodoos..but, it sure would have been great..

Place: My National Park diary........

I agree with the million others that the National parks and monuments area the true jewels of the USA..visiting these wonderfully resourceful places is always a matter of excitement to me...each of them are so uniquely beautiful and enriching...

So, I have all of them in my bucket list..though its not quite feasible monetarily or time-wise, I will be glad if I could get a taste of a fraction of them...

It's my secret desire to visit as many US National parks as possible...so far its a humble 8 only, but definitely, the most significant ones...just going through the pictures clicked there infuse joy in me...let's take a look, for they are unparalleled treasures.....

  Grand Canyon...established in 1919.......

In the Ponderosa and Pinyon pine forest of the park...

On the Southern rim ....

The year 2013 has been great for us, in terms of visiting US national parks.....we had been to four amazing parks.....

In May, we landed in Lassen Nat'l park (CA)...established in 1916.......it was the end of spring and snow was still blanketing the earth...

In July, We went to Glacier Nat'l park (MT)....established in 1910.......summer was in full swing and myriad varieties of wildflowers and snow-thawed waterfalls mesmerized us...

                         

The same week, we headed towards the crowning jewel of National parks...yes, Yellowstone (MT and WY)....established in 1872.......wildflowers, rain, smoke...we were fortunate to witness everything...

The yellowstone river.........

In Thanksgiving holidays, we hit Sequoia Nat' park (CA), to spend some days with the tree  giants.....established in 1890.......

In 2014, Labors day weekend we visited Yosemite........established in 1890.......

In 2015 Spring break, Zion......established in 1919.......

and Bryce........established in 1928.........

I cherish the eyeful of inspiring landscapes, wildlife, fresh air and rejuvenation that I garnered from the trips....hope and wish, the coming year replicates this blessing.....