Calf Creek
This hike scores the maximum of 5 stars in our Utah hiking guide.  It is beautiful, but more what we'd term a nature walk.  The 5.5-mile (round-trip) sandy trail follows the Calf Creek, past beaver ponds and wetlands, to a beautiful waterfall, cascading 126 feet down a rock wall to a tree-shaded pool.   The area was once inhabited by the Fremont and Anasazi Indians and is a haven for birds and other wildlife.  The free brochure  points out Indian pictographs as well as various plants along the way.  Our hiking guide recommended taking a swim in the pool at the bottom of the falls; but on the day we hiked, it was too cool to indulge.   Follow the link at the end of this page for a view of the waterfall (unfortunately, our best pictures of this hike were taken with our conventional cameras and hence on posted on this site.)

Kodachrome Basin
This stop is an easy detour on the route between Escalante and Bryce.  It is a State Park boasting vividly colored rock formations of stone towers, called chimneys, and pink-and-white sandstone cliffs, all set among the contrasting green of sagebrush and pinon and juniper trees.  But frankly, we were a bit disappointed ... but then it's hard to compete with the so nearby splendors of Bryce.

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