We arrived in Capitol Reef National Park in the afternoon stopped to look at some of the sights. As you come into Capitol Reef there is a small cabin that was built in 1882 by a pioneer family named the Behunins. They were a family of 10 that lived in this tiny one room home with a dirt floor. The mother and father and two youngest kids slept in the cabin and the other kids slept in a dugout in the cliff behind the cabin.
As you drive into the park there are some great petroglyphs all along the walls so make sure you stop and check them out. The park has some great apple orchards in it and there are large herds of mule deer that live here all year. The park has some great camp grounds in the orchards that would be beautiful to stay in during the spring or summer. The deer are always there and it ads to the scenery.
After spending the rest of the day looking all around and getting some great pictures of the park we headed to the town of Torrey to find a place to stay for the night and to get a bite to eat. Since it was the off season most of the motels were closed and only two restaraunts were open. We found a small pizza place that had great food and after some good food we got us a room and called it a day. The next morning we found that it had snowed which made for a scenic drive home through Escalante and Bryce National Park. We had covered quite a bit of territory in the last week and had the opportunity to see some of the most beautiful places that our country has to see. I cant wait for the next adventure!
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