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Looking for something other than hiking Bryce Canyon National Park? Tropic Reservoir is a beautiful lake set in a ponderosa pine forest atop the Paunsaugunt Plateau. It is small but very scenic, approximately 25 minutes from Best Western Ruby’s Inn. It can be readily fished from shore or small boats. Maximum water depth is 29 ft and average depth is 10 ft. The reservoir is usually stocked with catchable-size (10-inch) rainbow trout, which provide good fishing throughout the summer. The use of the boat ramp is seasonal depending on the water level. Do you have to fish? Absolutely not, this is a great place to go for a nice swim, and have a picnic. If you decide to bring your ATV’s up they have a few ATV trails that are very scenic, along with some hiking trails. The scenery is extraordinarily beautiful here and highly recommended.

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Looking to give a gift to a family member? Perfect solution! I received a gift card for Ruby’s Inn, and found that it was the best way to spend a vacation. It can be used for the hotel, store, and restaurant. The store is abundant in gifts, food, clothing and everything you would want to spend your money on for souvenirs for everyone in the family. The restaurant has yummy steaks that just makes your mouth water just thinking about. That gift card can cover all of that for you. They are available to purchase on the Ruby’s Inn website. https://secure.areatravel.net/rubysinn/giftcards.asp

Use that link and go buy one for your love ones, or just for you in the fact! Enjoy it!

Bryce Canyon Girl

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People often wonder where the name Bryce Canyon came from. This is a history lesson of the beautiful Bryce Canyon. Pioneers came to this area starting in the 1860’s. (This does not include the Silvestra Velez de Escalante, who passed through Escalante area in the 1700’s) Families started establishing a town called Clifton, close modern day Cannonville, near the Paria River and Henrieville Creek.  A year after this town was established; Ebenezer Bryce joined the families in this area. He created his homestead a mile outside of Clifton in Henderson Valley.  He helped build irrigation ditches for the families in Clifton and created a road that lead up to the pink cliffs to help make the timber more accessible. The town’s folk started to call the amphitheater where the road ended, “Bryce’s Canyon.”  Ebenezer Bryce did not stay in the area; he moved his family south into Arizona. Even though he was no longer around, the town’s folk continued to call the canyon “Bryce’s Canyon.”  How about that for a history lesson? Ebenezer did not stick around but continue to influence this area today. He is one cool dude.

Bryce Canyon Girl

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