We got up and had a hot breakfast. This hotel didn’t have free continental food, so we ate at their restaurant. We headed back to Capitol Reef National Park.
We stopped at the visitor center, got our passport stamp and purchased an audio tour CD. We listened to it while we drove. This was a good cd, and I recommend getting it if you come here. We reached the first stopping point at the Grand Wash Trail and walked for about 1.5 hours.
We were supposed to come across some narrows, but after about an hour of walking, we gave up and turned around. The canyon was spectacular and it was amazing to see how 15 million years of water erosion has created this canyon.
Here are a few of the photos
After walking the canyon, we continued the driving tour. We came across an area called the goosenecks
We learned all about the small town that was created. There was a single family home that was home to a family of twelve. They all did not sleep in the house though. Some slept on ledges in the cliff while other slept in the the wagon. Now, why he didn’t just build onto the house I don’t know.
After Capitol Reef National Park, we drove to Bryce Canyon National Park.
We arrived at Bryce Ruby’s Inn, the first place that was booked 🙁 Fortunately, they had rooms across the street. We checked in and went to forage for dinner. We ate at the Ruby Inn restaurant. We had their buffet.
After dinner we drove into the park. It was only about a mile from the hotel. We just missed the visitor center by 20 minutes. We grabbed a park map and drove to one of the scenic overlooks. This was inspiration point. The view was INCREDIBLE. The sun was just about to set and the colors of the hoodoos were amazing.
The sun went down, so we drove back to our hotel. On the way back we saw another group of mule deer. They were grazing on the side of the road.
Once we got back to the hotel, we planned our day for tomorrow and went to bed.