Joel asked, “Are you sure that’s not poo?” (my kids know their scat)
Kristin replied, “Of course I am sure. You can’t polish a turd.”
-Jenni
Capitol Reef National Park might well be one of the most underpublicized gems of the southwest. Before we came here we had only seen a few photos and it was not super high on our bucket list. I am SO glad we did not miss this one. sunset, Panorama Point The park is not a reef. Sorry. I am sure you guessed that already, being as it is located in the middle of the Colorado Plateau and all. And I can’t really tell you how it got the name. Had something to do with pioneers thinking it was as dangerous as an ocean reef is to sailors. I think... Anyway, I would venture to say the park is as colorful and exciting as any coral reef. Leave your snorkel at home, but don’t forget your camera and good walking shoes. YOu will want to explore every trail, stop at every overlook, remember every stone. On our first morning we tried to do the scenic drive. We made it about three quarters of a mile before we were off on walk-about up the sides of the hills. Geology lessons abound here. Kristin picked up a small pebble and said, “Hey, check out this cool smooth rock I found!” Joel asked, “Are you sure that’s not poo?” (my kids know their scat) Kristin replied, “Of course I am sure. You can’t polish a turd.” In our campground at Fruita we were visited nightly (and morningly) by mule deer and turkeys. There is a pasture with horses next to the orchard and the historic Gifford House sells homemade fruit pies each day. Go early because they usually sell out by noon. Even if you only have a day to drive through the park, Capitol Reef is a gem we think you should not pass up.
-Jenni 3/27/2013 12:02:17 am
Hello I'm Linda, your new french canadian's neighbor in Monument Valley. I had a little look on your blog and photos, it's huge. Your blog is so nice and professional. Mine is a little bit smaller and not so detailled like yours. But I give you the address in case you want to see our trip so far. www.lindagowest.wordpress.com See you in the next days........ Hi Linda! and thank you. We had so many friends who wanted to see not only blog posts but photos we just eventually decided we should make the site detailed. It's a lot of work to keep up, but it's fun too. I'm looking forward to checking out yours as soon as we get back this afternoon from our trip to the most famous stretch of highway in the whole US.
T.
3/28/2013 02:41:05 am
I know you took that pioneer settlement one just for me. LOVE. Comments are closed.
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