Hiking into the New Year: Navajo Knobs, Capitol Reef National Park
Dad invited us to go hiking in Capitol Reef with them this weekend. The forecast was temperatures in the 40s and 50s, and with sunshine on the way, we were excited to go. We drove down early Friday...
View ArticleHiking on New Year’s Eve: Pleasant Creek, Capitol Reef
Ever since reading on FIMBY about their family’s commitment to hike every week throughout the year, I have been dying to try out hiking in the snow. Our family is pretty determined about hiking, but...
View ArticleHiking Lower Spring Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park
This weekend was beautiful spring weather, a little breezy and 70 degrees. A little hot for a hiking — but just perfect. We weren’t certain where we would be hiking, because we wanted to do Spring...
View ArticleExploring Capitol Reef National Park
Don’t drive through Capitol Reef without stopping to see the fruit orchards and one room school house at Fruita. Fruita was a tiny town in the middle of Capitol Reef — what a location to live in! The...
View ArticleUpper Muley Twist — Capitol Reef National Park
Upper Muley Twist, in Capitol Reef National Park, should definitely be rated one of the most scenic. After all, how often do you hike past 10 arches in 6 miles? Last weekend, with snow flurries and...
View ArticleNavajo Knobs 2013
Early in March, we hiked Navajo Knobs in Capitol Reef again. Since I’ve told you about this great hike before, I won’t write all about it again. Instead, we let Brett be in charge of the camera, and...
View ArticleUpper Muley Twist (again) May 2014
We decided to make another attempt on Upper Muley Twist in Capitol Reef this spring. We had hiked it in November of 2012, but stayed in the wash because of wind and snow during our trip. This year,...
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