Tag: Capitol Reef National Park

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

After a couple weeks in Hurricane, Utah we moved on to Torrey, Utah right outside Capitol Reef National Park. We are further north and higher up. Our boondocking spot is around 6700′ and we had to endure a cold...