Capitol Reef National Park
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Topic: Capitol Reef National Park
Posted By: kylekai
Subject: Capitol Reef National Park
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2016 at 2:14pm
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If you're traveling around southern Utah, be sure to stop at Capitol Reef National Park: http://www.nps.gov/care/index.htm - http://www.nps.gov/care/index.htm Nice shaded campsites, great hikes, and fruit trees galore! We were there late June, and there weremany apricots on the tress and on the ground. While in the orchard you can eat as many as you like for free, or pay $1 for a pound. Next month the pears and apples should be ready. Capitol Reef is a nice alternative to the more crowded Zion and Bryce national parks.   |
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Posted By: blondie
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2016 at 3:03pm
| I agree, we did the Circle Tour through the national parks in and around Utah. I like the outdoors but not sharing with 100's of people at the same time. Try going to the others in middle to late September when school has started. |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2016 at 5:05pm
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Really nice pictures!!
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Posted By: WillThrill
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2016 at 11:37am
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We really enjoyed Capitol Reef, but Canyonlands National Park is right up there with Zion for me personally. The rock formations and colors are simply magnificent, and there are virtually no crowds. At some point, I want to return there with a 4x4 and go tent camping (Podding is no bueno) along the Shaffer trail road. It's almost 100 miles long and meanders throughout the park where there are no other roads or people. ------------- "Not all those who wander are lost." Tolkien 2014 Hood River 177 2005 GMC Envoy XL |
Posted By: Nittybelle
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2016 at 12:03am
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Thanks for the tip! Did you reserve a spot or just got lucky?
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Posted By: Pod People
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2016 at 5:30pm
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you mentioned wanting to do the Shaffer Trail and that brought back many great memories. My wife and I biked the complete 100 mile trail on 2 different occasions. We went with a group of 5 others and had 1 support vehicle. We did it in 5 days each time, traveling about 20 miles per day on our bikes. we carried all of our food, water and camping gear in the support vehicle. each day a different person had to drive and the rest rode bikes. it was a great trip-both times. You have to have a permit and the camp sites are reserved along the Trail. There are 2 horrendous climbs-Murphy's Hogback about midway and one at the very end. check the time that you want to go-there are a lot of jeep safaris out of Moab during certain parts of the year. Vann ------------- Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 https://postimg.cc/0zwKrfB9"> 
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Posted By: kylekai
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2016 at 11:55am
You can't reserve spots at Capitol Reef NP, but I've never seen it full. ------------- |