A hoodoo is a pillar of rock left by erosion. We have some in Australia - at The Pinnacles in WA for instance - but at Bryce Canyon we entered a fantasy world.
We stopped at a number of points in the park but the view from Bryce Point is the best. And we met a couple who had just completed the long walk through the terrain (rather than just looking at it like we did) and they said it was the best walk they'd done. Or you could venture down into the canyon on horseback - I must say that appeals to me.
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A highlight for me was seeing some Bristlecones. These special plants only grow on exposed dry rocky heights between 7000 and 11 000 feet (2300 and 3500 m). They grow in several places in Bryce NP and the oldest one in the park is about 1600 years old. The oldest of all, in California, is over 4700 years old.
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