{"id":153,"date":"2021-09-08T03:48:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T03:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2021-09-08T03:48:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T03:48:28","slug":"day-fifteen-capitol-reef-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"Day fifteen, Capitol Reef National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was a beautiful day in the West today, and we certainly enjoyed driving around Capitol Reef. We made some short stops at viewpoints, and particularly liked the view of a canyon made by Sulfur Creek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We then saw a remaining farmhouse from the early Mormon settlers and picked a few apples from an orchard that dates back to that era. There was a gift shop inside, and I bought a jar of pickled squash\u2026haven\u2019t tried them yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next was the scenic drive through the heart of the park. We intended to drive to the end of the paved road, then proceed on a gravel road through the Capitol Gorge to the trailhead of a short hike, but the gravel road had been washed out by a thunderstorm last week. A number of our group were there when we arrived, and it turned into a two mile group hike on the road. We dodged a road grader and a front loader as they were trying to get the road cleared. Just the same, the gorge was impressive, the power of 2-4 feet of water to wreck a road was powerful, and we had a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driver\u2019s meeting was held tonight, we leave for Moab tomorrow morning. It is going to be a busy few days, we\u2019ll have a lot to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More hazards on the list, added to deer, bison, rocks, and prairie dogs. What do you suppose comes next?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The canyon of Sulphur Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Old farmhouse, now home to pickles and homemade pies for sale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This road has taken a beating. The ranger running the front loader says it has washed out three times in three weeks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The gorge walls make you feel quite small<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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U pick apples in the middle of a national park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One last picture of rock for now\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a beautiful day in the West today, and we certainly enjoyed driving around Capitol Reef. We made some short stops at viewpoints, and particularly liked the view of a canyon made by Sulfur Creek. We then saw a remaining farmhouse from the early Mormon settlers and picked a few apples from an orchard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-western-park-tour-2021"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}