{"id":68047,"date":"2023-07-05T17:11:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T21:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=68047"},"modified":"2025-07-02T19:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:36:49","slug":"utah-day-4-tropic-and-bryce-canyon-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/utah-day-4-tropic-and-bryce-canyon-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Day 4 – Tropic and Bryce Canyon Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

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The night before actually had some moisture in the air, so it made for a very nice sunrise in Tropic.\u00a0 Just like back home, photo worthy sunrises and sunsets usually come after some type of weather.<\/p>\n

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I startled this little black cat as I was filming in the morning.\u00a0 I guess its home was nestled in the flowers.\u00a0 Sorry!<\/p>\n

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These are the chickens that will wake you up bright and early at 5am.<\/p>\n

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Bryce Canyon morning hike: upper rim and into Wall street canyon<\/p>\n

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Even up at this elevation there was the constant sound of cicadas.\u00a0 They were everywhere on the trees and sound a bit different than the ones back in Georgia.<\/p>\n

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This was an amazing path down to the cool canyon floor.\u00a0 You’ll definitely get Indiana Jones Last Crusade vibes.<\/p>\n

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Near the entrance to Bryce there’s a slow point for Prairie Dog Crossing!\u00a0 We only saw this little dude on our way out:<\/p>\n

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These next photos, were back at “Prairie Dog City” just a few miles outside of Bryce.\u00a0 I think this is the best spot to watch them since you have plenty of sun and the landscape is just so nice and wide open.\u00a0 The cheap Canon 100-300mm definitely came in handy.<\/p>\n

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Nice backyard sir!<\/p>\n

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This landscape changes so nicely with the blocking and diffusion by the clouds.\u00a0 The green turns more emerald and saturation really goes up.<\/p>\n

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Lunch was at I.D.K. Barbecue back in Tropic.\u00a0 If you pull up the ratings, it’s pretty crazy.\u00a0 Surely it can’t be that good right?<\/p>\n

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They had 3 sauces: BBQ, Spicy, and Smoky.\u00a0 I really liked all of them!<\/p>\n

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They had peach cobbler as well!!\u00a0 And you can get it in a waffle cone with ice cream.<\/p>\n

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Beef brisket, baked beans and cornbread.\u00a0 Sorry the food photos aren’t up to my normal quality, but seriously this is some of the best bbq I’ve ever had.\u00a0 The great ratings are justified!\u00a0 The cornbread was sweet and not dry.\u00a0 I could probably have a meal with just the sides.<\/p>\n

The folks in this little town definitely work hard, with most places being staffed by skeleton crews, and some also work different jobs at different places!\u00a0 The pressures of tipping has kinda gotten out of hand here in Atlanta, whereas the folks out here really do deserve the gratuity.<\/p>\n

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We closed off the Bryce portion of the trip with a sunset walk.\u00a0 Problem with Bryce for sunset is that it’s a canyon and the light disappears pretty quick.\u00a0 These spots are from walking up from Inspiration point and up the somewhat scary and worn down path to the south.\u00a0 That way you can see both sides, into the amphitheatre and also way into the distance to see changing sunlight and color.<\/p>\n

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If you look behind and to your left you see this view, and to the right is Bryce Canyon.\u00a0 Then all you have to do is sit and wait for golden hour.<\/p>\n

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The light in Utah definitely did not disappoint today.\u00a0 It was pretty cold though, and that kept many of the other tourists away.\u00a0 After the sun disappears and light is more dim and even is still a great time for landscape photos.\u00a0 Even with the iPhone, which definitely rendered a pleasing warm photo with all its computational hdr blending.<\/p>\n

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I started off the day by startling a cat, and ended it by startling this little rabbit!\u00a0 Crazy how it lives all the way up here.<\/p>\n

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The night before actually had some moisture in the air, so it made for a very nice sunrise in Tropic.\u00a0 Just like back home, photo worthy sunrises and sunsets usually come after some type of weather. I startled this little black cat as I was filming in the morning.\u00a0 I guess its home was nestled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[173,262,371,351,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-68047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-photos","8":"tag-color","9":"tag-fujifilm-x100","10":"tag-komorebi","11":"tag-landscapes","12":"tag-sony","14":"post-with-thumbnail","15":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-06-20-Utah-Tropic-Bryce-108-Boon-Vong-www.b-vong.com_.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-hHx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67899,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/utah-day-3-tropic-escalante-panguitch\/","url_meta":{"origin":68047,"position":0},"title":"Utah Day 3 – Tropic + Escalante + Panguitch","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"July 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The weather in Tropic this morning was once again cool and refreshing.\u00a0 In the back of the cabin area is a barn for chickens and they are pretty much the alarm clock.\u00a0 The whole time I couldn't help but find parallels to this place and Samneua Laos. 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