Sept. 5, day 34 OTR

This was another wow type day.  We stayed in Bryce Canyon KOA and it was so quiet, not even noisy neighbours.  We left the campground around 8 am and it was still cool,  around 14C.

Soon after we got back on Highway 12 we entered the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.  There isn't really a staircase but a series of buttes and other outcroppings.  We continued on Highway 12 to Torrey where we caught Highway 24 into Capital Reef National Park.  Parts of Highway 12 run along a ridge with drop offs on either side.

This is the really wow part of the day.  Hwy 24 runs along the Waterpocket fold here and you see the rocks created by the earth's movement.

We took the scenic drive here in Capital Reef.  At one point I just stopped taking pictures.  I can't do this park justice.  It is just magnificent.  And it is my kind of park, where you look up at the rock formations, not where you have to climb to look down into the canyons, etc. like Bryce or the Grand Canyon.

We are camped in Green River, UT tonight.  It is just off of Interstate 70.  This will be the interstate that we will use to make our way east.  Initially we had thought we would spend some time in Denver but we will just start to make our way home from here.  I will keep you posted on our progress.

I have posted some pictures of Capital Reef National Park on the link at the top.  Enjoy.