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Anasazi State Park Museum

Saturday October 11, 2014 We visited the Anasazi State Park Museum which is just off Highway 12 in Boulder, UT. The park isn’t very big, encompassing only the museum building, the Coombs archaeological site which has only been partially excavated, … Continue reading

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Burr Trail Loop Drive

Capitol Reef NP Saturday October 11, 2014 We gave our toad a workout today by traveling about 115 miles down the very bumpy and dusty Notom-Bullfrog Road, the equally bumpy and dusty Burr Trail, and back to the campground on … Continue reading

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Hickman Bridge and Rim Trail Overlook Hikes

Capitol Reef NP Thursday October 9, 2014 and Sunday October 12, 2014 The trail head for both hikes started at the same parking area off Route 12. The Hickman Bridge trail was about 2 miles round trip. We got started … Continue reading

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Capitol Gorge Hike

Capitol Reef NP Wednesday October 8, 2014 Our first hike was a “baby” one – only two miles round trip – that followed a dry stream bed past Fremont petroglyphs and so-called Pioneer Registers. At the end of the stream … Continue reading

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Petroglyphs

Capitol Reef NP Tuesday October 7, 2014 We attended a Ranger talk about petroglyphs and the Fremont Culture. We learned that petroglyphs are etched into stone while pictograms are painted on. Anyway, the petroglyphs in the park were put there … Continue reading

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Capitol Reef NP Campground

October 7-14, 2014 Love at first sight! We arrived at the Capitol Reef campground before 10:00 a.m. and snagged one of the last available campsites. We settled into our site and took a quick look around… and immediately agreed to … Continue reading

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Capitol Reef National Park

October 7-14, 2014 We hit the visitor center as soon as we were set up in the campground and then went back to read a little deeper a few days later. It is a very nice visitor center sitting in … Continue reading

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Canyonlands National Park

October 6, 2014 We enjoyed our stop at Canyonlands but it hit us as being more of a draw for Off Highway Vehicles (OHV) and mountain bikers that want to cruise around on the primitive dirt roads. It’s also possible … Continue reading

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Delicate Arch and Windows Arches

Arches National Park Saturday, October 4, 2014 We did two hikes today, the Delicate Arch Trail (3 mile round trip) and the Windows Trail (1 mile round trip). The temperature was moderate (mid-60s to 70) but the sun was scorching. … Continue reading

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Devil’s Garden Hike

Arches National Park Friday, October 3, 2014 We got a later than usual start because we had to go to the Moab Post Office to pick up some packages we had drop shipped there (more on that at the bottom … Continue reading

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