I bet most people haven’t heard of Goblin Valley State Park in Utah but it’s worth a stop if you’re in the area of Hanksville. The entry fee of $20 gets you two days in the park and it isn’t very big so that’s enough to see a lot. Goblin Valley State Park is a …
Month: April 2021
After spending a couple weeks in Capitol Reef National Park we moved to a new boondocking spot outside Goblin Valley State Park by Hanksville, Utah. Our new spot is nice and private tucked into a little alcove surrounded by rocks. Since we didn’t move very far we had time in the afternoon to get a …
You never know what you’re going to get. That’s why it’s called an adventure. Going into it, Sulphur Creek hike was a bit of an unknown. We read reports that some of the waterfalls were impassable unless you scrambled way up and around cliffsides. What the hell, let’s check it out. Our hike started across …
This post is kind of a mash up of some miscellaneous things we saw and did. Wandering around in red rock country is easy. Down the road from our boondocking spot we noticed some cool looking canyons so one day we set out to explore them. We hiked around for about 5 miles to get …
There is so much to see and do in Capitol Reef National Park! If you have been reading our blog you have seen all the hikes we’ve done already. We took a day and drove into the Waterpocket Fold to see even more sights. Originally we were going to do some of this loop on …
We got an early start one morning and hiked up to the Rim Overlook. This hike shares a parking lot with the Hickman Bridge Trail which is very popular but luckily after a little more than a quarter mile our trail branched off and we had a nice quiet hike without any company. Our hike …
Howdy Ho! We spent another day hiking around Capitol Reef National Park. This time we drove out the Scenic Drive, which I TOTALLY get why it is named that! The pavement turns to dirt and the road narrows considerably as you drive through the canyon. These narrows twist through Wingate Sandstone, the formation that forms …
We ventured deep within the Waterpocket Fold of Capitol Reef National Park to hike Cottonwood Wash. The hike alternates between tight narrows and more open areas with a number of chockstones (large boulders wedged in narrow slots) to negotiate. Waterpocket Fold Capitol Reef’s Waterpocket Fold is the defining geologic feature of the park. This wrinkle …
The Capitol Reef National Park area has so many hiking options! We hiked an out and back of 5.7 miles up Crescent Canyon on a bright sunny day. Actually, Derek did the full hike, I turned around early to try to take it easy on my back. This hike is beautiful! We started just outside …
I am so thankful we get to travel around and experience life. Today was awesome. We’re still taking it easy to let my back do it’s thing (hopefully heal) so we drove out and hiked around Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Moon. We drove out to Cathedral Valley on a dirt road …