This last weekend I took a floating holiday and Steve and I went on a mini-vacation. We went camping at Capitol Reef National Park on Friday through Saturday. Saturday we drove to St. George and stayed with our friends through Sunday afternoon. This vacation only had 12 hours of driving (an improvement over the last vacation!).
Capitol Reef was beautiful! It was warm, spacious, quiet and had a lot of things to see. There were historical buildings and hikes and activities for kids etc. Capitol Reef used to be a small group of families who lived way back in the mountains of Utah and grew fruit trees to make a living. The fruit orchards are still maintained and in the summer campers can pick the ripe fruit in season. I wish we could go back when the fruit is in season, but we will have moved to California by then.
Our campsite. There were a lot of deer droppings. The mountains were so beautiful!
Me in the orchards (apricot I believe) as the sun was rising.
At the top of a 3 mile hike (labeled "moderate"-ha! I would not have wanted to see severe!), I saw this view of camp. One can see the orchards, which are right near the campgrounds. The mountains were blue!
When we went to St. George, our friends were so kind to give us showers, food and fun. We are definately going to have to make a trip to St. George to see them again! I was so proud of Steve who played so well with their little boy. (The husband is taking the picture. And yes, that is the St. George temple.)
