We
are now comfortably settled in the Fruita Campground at Capitol Reef
National Park although without electricity to run the air
conditioning and no wi fi, so I don't know when I will get to post
this.
The
word “spectacular” is much over used but there is no other way to
describe the scenery we travelled through on Scenic By Way 12 being
the road between Bryce Canyon and here.
The
highlight was undoubtedly the Grande Staircase Escalante National
Monument, the last unchartered territory in the continental United
States through which the road we travelled today was eventually built
– an extraordinary area of high mountains and deep gorges.
Before we left Bryce Canyon this morning, we did some exploring in the wagon and found the type of car park we like best – we were the only vehicle in it.
Apart from spectacular rocky landscapes we also travelled through some forested country, in part of which we stopped for lunch.
This afternoon we walked the Grand Wash Trail not far from our camp ground, a very narrow gorge cutting into the 100 mile long Waterpocket Fold “a protuberance in the earth's crust that has eroded into a maze of winding canyons, towering monoliths, and massive domes”. I couldn't have put it better myself.
A
walking day here tomorrow. We head to Moab on Friday.
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