Tropic Reservoir turned out to be the perfect destination for this trip.
Pictures can be seen here:
https://photos.stevenportnoy.com/Spo...nyon-20181025/
Here is an abbreviated trip report:
Day 1 - drove from Los Angeles, CA to Hurricane, UT. Tried to camp at the Red Cliffs campground, but it was full. Stayed at the nearby KOA instead and enjoyed showers and full hookups.
Day 2 - drove from Hurricane, UT to Kings Creek Campground near Tropic Reservoir. It's a National Forest campground with 37 sites, water and vault toilets. Half of the campground was closed, water was turned off, toilets were locked and the rest of the campground was deserted though technically not closed. Picked a great site and slept off a bad headache.
Day 3 - from the campground there were two hiking trails. Hiked the Chimney Rock / Keyhole Arch loop, about 3 miles total. Spent another night in the now only semi-deserted campground.
Day 4 - broke camp early and drove to Bryce Canyon. Saw Bryce Point and then hiked the Navajo Loop trail at Sunset Point. Ate lunch then drove to Las Vegas and 'camped' at the Wynn.
Day 5 - returned home to Los Angeles.
Interesting footnote to staying overnight in Las Vegas; the security guard at the Wynn noticed the axe locked to my Alumines box and required it and all my other weapons to be checked in and locked in their safe for the duration of my stay. They took my handgun, taser, pepper spray and pocket knife as well as the axe. Not sure if they would have even said anything if they hadn't noticed the axe. We had to park the van offsite as it was too tall to fit in their underground parking, which I was prepared for, but even so, the lot was considered Wynn property and subject to their new security policy.