Isabel’s kryptonite

My badass daughter's kryptonite is heights. And I nearly killed her today with a hike from Bryce Point to Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon NP. It’s a rim trail that has no railings or fences for most of its 1 1/2 miles. A crueler person would have taken a photo of her hunched over, walking like a giant question mark during the especially narrow parts of the trail. Instead you’ll just have to settle for the imagery.

Bodhi nearly stopped my heart with the notion that he could walk and take pictures at the same time. I quickly put the kibosh on that and told him that when the phone came out, the feet *had* to stop moving.

But goddam it was gorgeous. Breathtaking. Those spires are called “hoodoos”. When Bodhi was a toddler he used to pronounce yellow as “oo-doo” so that’s what I kept calling them because nothing is cuter than Toddler Bodhi.

So anyhoo, that was supposed to be the first of two hikes in Bryce today. As you can imagine, the second hike did not occur because I’m not that much of a monster. I’d love to hike the shit out of this park but it’s not going to happen this time around.

Pic 4 is of a sign that tickled me. Honestly, National Park Service, the thought never fucking entered my mind. But you know they had to put that there because more than two idiots fell to their deaths there.

Pic 5 is of a guy we were hopscotching with who kept going right up to the edge. Made me nervous.Read more