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Capital Reef National Park – Day 4

Today was more relaxing, than the other days. We headed back into the park for the day. We visited some of the old structures of Capital Reef. The old Gifford Homestead has a little gift shop. We bought some salsa there that was really good. It was a fun little walk around there. The park has some fields with fruit trees where you can go pick fruit and then buy it. If you go down at the right time it is a great time to get some fresh fruit. You will also see deer. I have been here before and I remember seeing deer then and there was deer all over the place today as well. img_5495

We then headed on the scenic drive and that was awesome. We were going to go hiking down to what the call the tanks, but our boy really didn’t want to go hiking. Instead we just took pictures from the car and enjoyed the scenery that way for a bit. We did walk down a board walk that has some rock art. This is right off the road and worth the stop.img_5496img_5522img_5380_1

At dinner time we found ourselves trying to find somewhere new to eat. At the Rim Rock Inn they also have a restaurant called the Patio that makes great pizza. It was some of the best pizza I have had in a while. The atmosphere was nice. They have horse shoes off the patio as well as a Frisbee golf course. It is a nice little place to take the family to after a long day hiking.

Capital Reef National Park – Day 1

Well it was about time for my family and I to get out of town for more than a day. With work and other obligations it can be hard to make time to go out and play. I took time off over a month ago, and started to think of places we could go. We thought of San Diego, Yosemite, Devils Tower, Denver and so many more. But we couldn’t pick a place. Each day would pass and my wife and I would ask each other, “have you figured out where we are going?’ It came down to the night before we left that we figured we would head down to Capital Reef National Park. We thought this would be close enough that the two kids wouldn’t die in the car ride.

Day 1 was a pretty boring day. we loaded up the car and headed to the park. After a four hour drive we were checking in to our hotel. We stayed at the Rim Rock Inn, in Torrey, UT. This was right outside of the park and made a great basecamp for our adventures for the week. The view from our room was amazing.img_5485img_5559img_5487 We also chose the Inn because it does offer a complimentary breakfast. After unpacking, we headed into town to get us some dinner and went to a place called Chillzz Malt Shoppe. The food was good and the owners were super friendly. They have burgers and pizza. They do have a pool table and some arcades to play while you there.

After some food we headed back to get some rest for the coming day.

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