He was more liberal than most royalty, and took special interest in his father's non-Austrian subjects, who were often disaffected and angry. Rudolf von Hapsburg kills his seventeen-year-old mistress, then himself.Īt age 31, Rudolf was the heir to the Austria-Hungary Empire of the Hapsburgs, a figure beloved throughout his father Franz Joseph's realm. Southern Utah is way out of the way, but if you can get there, I highly recommend checking out Bryce Canyon and Zion, which we'll see next week. This is a nice shot of the hoodoos, including Thor's Hammer.įinally, we have a nice overview of the park. The clouds kept coming in a obscuring the sky, so some of the pictures have complete cloud coverage and others, like this, show a brilliant sunny sky. I just liked this tower of rock with the bright blue sky behind it. This is a path between two tall rock walls.ĭown in the canyon we saw a natural rock bridge. We took a hike down into the canyon, and saw some pretty keen stuff. This is a particularly famous hoodoo called Thor's Hammer. Bryce Canyon is a very nifty little park, famous for its weird geology, which takes the form of rock spires called "hoodoos." We zipped around the park (it's pretty small) and then, because entry was free! at every National Park, drove lickety-split over to Zion National Park, and saw that the same day! But that's a Picture Day yet to come. How, pray tell, do I know this? Because on 25 August 1993, my lovely soon-to-be bride rolled up to Bryce Canyon National Park and discovered that entry to the park was free! in celebration of the birthday.
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