| Cedar Breaks National Monument
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With no Supercharger stops today, we travelled to these sights entirely
on one charge.
A short distance south of Brian Head was Cedar Breaks National Monument.
We took a short stop at the north lookout and its Visitor's Center to the south.
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We then continued to Bryce.
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| Bryce Canyon National Park
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 8:41 am | Departed Brian Head | 254 |
| 10:33 am | Arrived Bryce Canyon Visitor's Center | 197 |
Range/Distance ratio: 0.814
Conditions: Downhill, Uphill
At the Visitor's Center we began our children on their
Junior Ranger Patches while we planned out our hikes.
We drove and parked at the Bryce Lodge to access our first hikes and view of Bryce itself.
They were breathtaking.
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After these hikes we returned to the Lodge for lunch, then drove to the
Mossy Cave trailhead for some additional hikes.
The Hoodoos there were beautiful and pristine.
The hike lead us by a stream of clear water brightly lit because the river bed was
actually made of limestone, far more reflective than your usual mud river bank.
The water was cool.
We found a waterfall as well.
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On our drive back we found a great view of Tropic Canyon.
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These sights were amazing to see.
My wife decided that day we were coming back someday.
We then returned to the Bryce Visitor's Center to complete our kids' Junior Ranger Patches.
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| Red Canyon
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 3:40 pm | Departed Bryce Canyon Visitor's Center | 171 |
Range/Distance ratio: 0.93
Conditions: Downhill
Red Canyon is on the way back from Bryce, so I planned a stop there.
It's a beautiful example of Aztec Sandstone formations with their
distinct red color.
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| Destination Charging at Grand Lodge, Brian Head, Utah
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 4:14 pm | Departed Red Canyon Visitor's Center | 157 |
| 5:16 pm | Arrived Grand Lodge at Brian Head | 88 |
Range/Distance ratio: 1.47
Conditions: Uphill
Our daughter and my wife napped while I drove back, passing by Panguitch Lake.
The whole drive was beautiful to see, passing by green forests and grazing cattle and horses.
We came back at a comfortable time so play in the pool there before dinner
while the car was plugged in and charging.
Cost to Charge: $0
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Dean E. Dauger holds a Ph. D. in physics from UCLA, where his group
created the first Mac cluster in 1998. Dr. Dauger is the award-winning
author in multiple American Institute of Physics' Software Contests and
co-authored the original, award-winning Kai's Power Tools
image-processing package for Adobe Photoshop.
After founding his company,
Dauger Research, Inc., its debut product,
Pooch, derived from Dr. Dauger's experience using clusters for his
physics research, was soon awarded as "most innovative" by IEEE Cluster
and continues to revolutionize parallel computing and clusters worldwide
with its patented technology.
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