After five days in Virgin, just outside Zion National Park,
we traveled north in I-15, then east to Torrey, Utah. We are currently at Thousand Lakes RV Park,
near Capitol Reef National Park. The RV
park is not nearly as nice as the previous one:
Gravel parking lot, a few trees, neighbors close on either side. But the people running it are very friendly
and the basic facilities are fine.
The drive was only about 200 miles, so we arrived in time to
drive to the visitors’ center at the national park. This is obviously a “minor” park, compared to
Grand Canyon or Zion. The center was
small, just an information desk, a gift shop, and a small display. However, the rock formations on the drive
there were amazing. Lots of red rock,
with stripes of white and green, odd shapes, some rounded, some pointed.
It was a windy afternoon, too windy to grill the chicken as
planned, so we went to a local café for dinner.
The hostess seated us at a table for six, with another couple who had
entered at the same time. We had a
pleasant hour or so, chatting with them and eating a good meal. (I had
salmon---nicely prepared.) They were
from Michigan, on vacation for three weeks, and visiting a number of national
parks in the west, though traveling in the opposite direction from us
(counter-clockwise).
The wi-fi is very weak in this location, so the next few
entries will be without photos , though I am sure that I will snap lots of
those as we tour Capitol Reef tomorrow!
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