A hoodoo – besides being fun to say – is a tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland. 

Nowhere in the world are hoodoos so abundant as in the northern section of Bryce Canyon National Park.  The hoodoos at Bryce Canyon experience more than 200 freeze-thaw cycles each year.  In the winter, melting snow, in the form of water, seeps into the cracks and then freezes at night, similar to the way a pothole forms in a paved road.

Our special experience here was a horse ride down the canyon to the amphitheater. My horse’s name was Echelle and she liked to walk on the edge of the trail just barely not falling off the rim. The guide said she knows where she’s going, just let here go and enjoy the ride. I looked at the scenery and tried not to imagine plunging down the cliffside. Scott’s horse was named Patricia and she was a dependable old girl. Loved the ride, but boy were our hoodoos sore.