![]() I’ve stayed at places like this before, and they often ain’t so great for tent campers like me. I wouldn't be getting my National Park campground video on this trip. Annoyed about the Bryce Canyon reservation system (or lack thereof), and I'd been through the wringer. I was let down at this point and defeated. This is a blog post about a campground, is it not? Well, I assure you, there is a good reason, and it's absolutely relevant to the tale of this plan 'B'.Īfter having obtained escape velocity, it was not long before I rolled into Ruby’s Inn. I swear there is a miniature black hole in there sucking cars in towards the center.Īt this point you may be wondering why I’m going into so much detail about this traffic situation. Took me just short of 30 minutes to escape that parking lot nightmare. It’s times like this that brings out the worst humanity has to offer. A couple times I was certain a fight was gonna break out. People waiting for others to leave so they could find a parking spot, blocking all traffic from flowing through. This was on par with rush hour in Los Angeles. ![]() There is a parking lot in this area, and you can circle back around in it, but I immediately found myself stuck in a traffic jam. Then I saw where you turn to go towards the campgrounds, so I figured this is where I would turn around and at the same time, maybe inquire about the campground vacancy one last time in case the ranger up front had bad info. Shortly after you pull into Bryce, you’ll see the visitor center, and there was no way I was pulling into that mess of vehicles! That would be certain death. You can come in, but you will never get out! Bwahaha!!!!! ( queue up the echo effect on the maniacal laughter). Uh, yeeeeaaah… that’s a lot easier said than done at Bryce Canyon.Įnough about the camping situation for a minute, how the hell do I get out of this madhouse that is Bryce? I think I officially entered the roach motel of National Parks. I thanked the ranger, drove into the National Park and proceeded to find a place to turn around and exit. Seemed a bit cheesy to me, but what are ya gonna do? The place with the large teepees out front. So I asked the kind ranger if he knew of any good back-up campgrounds in the area, and without hesitation, he mentioned a place I passed on the way a couple miles down the road named Ruby's Inn RV Park and Campground. Somehow, I already knew the answer, and you the reader, may have guessed by the title of this post what the result was. With much apprehension, I asked the ranger if there were any vacant campsites available. Let’s wipe that little bit of pie off of my face and proceed.Įventually I made my way to Bryce and pulled up to the entrance station. For a Type A personality like me, it’s not often that I overlook a detail like that, but alas, it was what it was. So, I was on track to hit that, until I realized upon crossing into Utah that I switched time zones, and the clock instantly fast forwarded an hour. The recommendation I heard was to get there before noon if I were to have a chance. I’m not a fan of that, especially when I have to drive for hours, with a likely chance of being let down.Īs always, I left early. Unfortunately, due to maintenance projects and the like, they shut down the reservation system on, and the campgrounds were first come, first serve only. My plan was to snag a spot at one of the two campgrounds located in Bryce Canyon: either the North Campground, or Sunset Campground. ![]() ![]() I was very excited, but at the same time, uncomfortable. On a late September morning in the year 2019, I packed up my campsite at the North Rim Campground at Grand Canyon National Park, and then hit the road.
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