If you’re touring the American West, Bryce Canyon National Park will have to be on your list of places to visit.  Located in south western Utah, it’s a small National Park that is big on scenery… and often wins reviews as a favorite for it’s unique geology.

So what’s unique about it?

Hoodoos.

They’re everywhere you look.  Do you know what hoodoos are?  Wikipedia and the National Park Service describe them this way, “A hoodoo is a tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badlands.”

Hard rock on top protects softer stone below from rain and erosion.  What you end up with is pinnacles or spires of rock… but hoodoos come in a variety of shapes and sizes and thicknesses. (more…)