Capitol Reef Continued

So, we went back to Capitol Reef National Park for a second day and boy, was it worth it.  First, we drove by Chimney Rock

Next we went to Panorama Point and, more importantly, the Goosenecks. Down a gravel road and then up a steep path to the top of an 800' canyon over the Fremont River.

Is that cool or what?

Next we decided to go for a hike to the Hickman Natural Bridge. It seemed like a pretty easy hike only 1 mile in and 1 mile out.  What we didn't know was that it was 400' up over that 1 mile. That's equal to climbing up a 40 story building. We did it but it sure took longer than we thought. The view along the way was pretty good.

 Capitol Reef turned out to be one of our favorite parks so far. The colors, the shapes, the different geology, the history of the people whether the ancestral Indians, the more recent Ute and Paiute tribes, the Mormon settlers who became a self sufficient community in the shadow of the cliffs-all of it was so impressive. 280 million years of climate change, a tectonic shift that pushed the western side of the split more than 7,000' into the air, storms, flash floods, and erosion created 378 square miles of wonder.

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