Capitol Reef

Four days among the orchards

Fruita Campground

Sunrise in the campground

Chimney Rock

View of parking lot

View of Chimney Rock and Highway 24

Panorama Point and Sunset Point

View of the park with the Boulder Mountains in the background

At our viewpoint on the Chimney Rock trail

A house for Olly

Cool rocks

A wash

Meeks Mesa

The visitor center and The Castle

Mule deer enjoying the shade

Jess picking peaches

Peaches from the orchard

8 pounds of peaches in our bandana

Our campsite

Mmm fresh peaches

We ate them in about three days

Fruita Grade School

Behunin Cabin

Petroglyphs

Marmot Xing

The rocks behind our campsite

Chimney Rock

Sunset Point

The Goosenecks

The castle

We started our hike up to Navajo Knobs early in the morning

Capitol Dome

A mesa

Almost full moon

Hickman Natural Bridge

Mesas

The moon is setting

On our way to the Knobs

The Fruita Valley

Road up the mesa

View of the campground

Longleaf flat

A perfect house for Olly

The castle

Looking towards the valley

A little bridge

The mesa behind Chimney Rock

More mesas

Amazingly varied rock

On top of Navajo Knobs

A chipmunk hanging around the knobs bounding off the rocks

Navajo Knobs

A lizard friend

Navajo Knobs

The Castle

Fruita Orchards

Hickman Natural Bridge

A chipmunk

Bluewhiptail lizard

Capitol Reef National Park

Always amazed by the rock layers

The Castle

Traveling down Scenic Drive

Cassidy Arch

Continuing down the drive

At the start of the Capitol Gorge road

Milky Way

Moonrise

Chimney Rock

Walking in Spring Canyon

After hiking for a few miles we climbed up 100 feet and found a wash to camp in

Bone

Exploring our campsite

Vase rock

Yellow Rock

Another view of Vase rock

Lookup up at the mesa behind our campsite

Early evening star gazing

Sunrise in the canyon

Dry stream bed

Hiking bottom

Hiking bottom

Horse Mesa

Cool rock

Canyon Walls

Fremont River

View back where we came from