[at-l] Utah?--Capitol Reef

[kent_gardam at yahoo.com (Kent Gardam)]

"Discovered" Capitol Reef last summer when the family
flew in to Vegas and did a circle tour of the various
national parks.  I was unaware of it until doing some
research for the trip.  I really was impressed by
C.R.: the orchards (picked some peaches), the
greenery, the petroglyphs, the farm at Fruita, etc. 
Glad my family got the chance to sample it amongst all
the other splendors of that part of the west.

Got to Torrey by way of Highway 12.  What a hoot that
ride was!  Even stayed overnight at the ChuckWagon
Motel in Torrey and am wearing the ring right now that
I bought in a little gift shop across the street.  The
lady that owns the place was from a town I worked in
back in Ohio.  We missed the El Diablo though.  I
guess now I have another reason to go back.

Need lots more time and freedom to just explore.

Kent Gardam

--- bluetrail@aol.com wrote:
>  Camped and hiked at Capitol Reef last September. 
> It's a beautiful, less crowded NP, with lots to
> explore.  Campground was full of deer.  The NPS
> maintains (and replants with old varieties of trees)
> the orchards there--plums, pears, peaches, cherries,
> apples.  If the fruit is ripe, visitors can go in
> and pick and pay at the honor box (scale there too).
>  It's terrific to have your hike snack be fruit you
> picked!  
>  
> We also did the ranger walk that started at the wall
> of petroglyphs and went up to a hidden arch; it was
> a good start for understanding the geology and
> history.  Fruita, the town that was there, was a
> Mormon settlement that supplied a lot of fresh fruit
> to the Utah settlers.
>  



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