Day Twenty of Western Adventures

We awoke today to slight showers after the high winds last evening.  We left Tropic and our cabin and were on the road.  We made the decision to follow our trip plan and were rewarded with more spectacular scenery.  We had contemplated going to Capitol Reef, but did not make the turn in that direction.  We saw so many more sights as we left the Bryce Canyon area.

      

 

          Mt. Delano at 12,173 feet.  First snow we have seen since Glacier.

                               Tiny town of Torrey before we entered Capitol Reef.

 

As we progressed on our trip, we had a second chance to see Capitol Reef and we took this one, diverting our tour to this national park not on our itinerary. This is the most serendipitous decision of the trip.  We were not disappointed as we spent most of the afternoon in the midst of such canyon walls that defy any description.  Again, our memories will serve us far better than any of our photos, but we have these to share with all our blog followers.  So many of these rock formations were definitely “in your face”, and we felt as if we could touch them.

 

                

 

     

 

                   

 

    

 

                        

                         This one we call chocolate peanut butter pie.  Doesn’t it look delicious.

For the first time on the trip, we are able to see petroglyphs.  Bob read this morning that these at one time had been defaced/erased by vandals and have since been restored. 

We leave Capitol Reef with regret and travel along the road to Moab and our condo for the evening.  Outside the park, we encounter even more photo opportunities.  The different rock formations never end.

                               

 

We have some rain along the way in an area that looks as if it might receive only 10 inches a year, and we are in the middle of half of it!  Our drive to Moab is rewarded with even more spectacular scenery and we haven’t even seen Arches National Park yet.

Late afternoon finds us at our condo, checking in to fabulously fast internet and everyone is happy!!!  The condo is gorgeous and we settle in to our home for a night.  It is laundry time and we manage to clean some of our clothes….enough to get us back home.  From now on, we have no reservations, so we drive until we decide to stop  ( what a novel idea!)

                                    

                                 We love our condo and wish we were staying more than one night.

 

After relaxing, we are out for an evening meal at the Moab Micro Brewery.  WOW, this is a happening place.  We are seated quite promptly and enjoy a nice meal. After visiting the City Market, home it is, and we try to find our way in the dark!  The night skies out here are REALLY, REALLY dark.