More Scenery

Another sunny morning and warm temperatures. Today was another scenic tour day, this time with a couple of walks thrown in. There was one walk we chickened out of, 1.3 miles in each direction with a 1300 ft vertical rise. Had we had suitable footwear we may have tried it (well maybe not).

We left Nephi heading south to Torrey UT for the night, but the main purpose was to visit Capitol Reef National Park. The route down to the park was, as usual in these parts, quite scenic, we climbed out of Nephi (5500 ft) up to 8500 ft, then back down into Torrey.

Again, pictures will do most of the talking. From comments made in previous blogs, we are much happier driving around seeing the sites rather than staying in one place for a week visiting museums and galleries. If you think we are putting on the miles driving you are right, but we are enjoying it, chacun à son goût! Thats my French exhausted for another year.

Wheat Fields as we Left Nephi

Main St. Utah

Swiss Cheese Rock?

Those Holes get Everywhere

The two photos above are in area known as the Goosenecks. We found it at the end of one of our walks, I am not sure how far down it was, but I’d guess 750-1000ft. There is water running around the rim at the base from the Colorado river which is gradually eroding the rocks.

More Holes!

Close-up of the Picture Above

Unfortunately the camera can’t faithfully capture the scenery we see, the colours are deeper than shown in most cases. It is also not possible to capture the sheer size of the rock formations.

Tomorrow is more of the same.