June 16, Capital Reef Nat’l Park

Hi everyone, We had a very fun and tense drive through the mountains and reached a 9600 ft. summit before going down to our park. We made it though. We set up camp and after lunch drove through this beautiful park. It is a great sinuous wrinkle in the Earth’s crust that stretches for 100 miles across S. Central Utah. We drove 25 miles off road and saw a lot of it on our drive into the park. This impressive buckling of rock created 65 million years ago by the same tremendous forces that later uplifted the Colorado Plateau is called Waterpocket Fold. Capital Reef preserves the fold and its beautiful eroded jumble of colorful cliffs, stark monoliths, twisting canyons and graceful arches. We have never seen such an array of different artistry. And the colors! Aqua, pink, purple, vermillion, black and gray. Sometimes the colors all collide into each other and make for a spectacular sight. We were awe-struck. This is one of the best parks we have seen. It just keeps getting better and better. What awaits us, no one can tell. Love you all.