Want some ice with that, Bryce?

Visiting Bryce Canyon is pretty easy, you just keep on driving and stop at the different viewpoints! We started off at Sunrise Point, and had to skip the next three because a ranger didn't let us through! So in a not so chronological order we saw Swamp Canyon, Whitemen Bench, Natural Bridge, Agua Canyon, Bonanz...erm Ponderosa Canyon, Black Birch Canyon ( where I photographed a black bird, a Californian Condor...) and Rainbow Point. The more we went south the colder and rainier it got! The temperatures dropped to a mere 52 degrees! (10 Celsius). It was really ice cold out there, so we had to put on more and more clothes. Once more an enormous thunderstorm was preparing. On the way back to the lodge the ranger was gone, and we were able to visit the last three spots: Paria View, The most mind-blowing Bryce Point ( if you slightly leave the official road it gets even better...) and Inspiration Point. I was not the least bit inspired there and the pitch black clouds drove me quickly back to the car, before all hell broke loose again. As we saw a lot of trees struck by lightning we thought it much safer to return to the lodge and end the day with a good dinner.