Capitol Reef National Park, "The land of the sleeping rainbow" so-called national parks in Utah, the youngest of five

Utah from east to west in the southern lined the middle of the five national parks located in Capitol Reef National Park, the latest of a national park in 1971, the youngest of 5 siblings, so I can specify can.

Bryce Canyon National Park to fly, Utah's top tourist thoroughfare of Route 12 and ran Torrey short drive from the east, National Park plaque is made out very nicely. (Google Map Click here for a map)

Capitol Reef National Park is a narrow, east-west width of 100 miles in length from north to south over the elongated shape, which is that in the above map is the only paved road in the middle of passing the Visitor Center 4.1 only about the shows. (Click to view full map)

Past the park entrance on the left side of Route 24 appeared to look Chimney Rock is a giant. Photo on the right side of the chimney in the rock seems well, then the rest of the factory building is tiered rock?

Its just a panoramic point across (Panorama Point) to pull down on. we first left the road on the back seems a bit of wisdom.

The barren wasteland of old Navajo Indians' land of the Sleeping Rainbow "as the transfer immediately. Look back along the dirt road where you enter a short, curved canyon overlooking the Goosenecks Overlook at the time that comes out where the entrance to the map, you can not find it misleading.

This is hundreds of millions of years ago was a shallow sea that was created when the sedimentary rocks are made of the same ground as the bumps. So, weak brittle rocks are so savory stone tower that creates well-liked play - that stone in the ocean at the time of the fossils of fish that may ...

Visitor Center exterior appearance is very impressive - that's right behind me, The Castle is the name of the rocky mountains.

Came out hot in the bright felt worlds apart, a little dark inside the Visitor Center which was cool.

Brought out of the park made longer as the shape of the model which National Park, Capitol Reef, such as the long coral reef (Capitol Reef) in order to visit all of them many scenic dirt road four-wheel-drive vehicles, which can run required.

In order to eat a late lunch in the picnic area next to the Visitor Center and found, once in a blue lawn surprised, once again amazed at the number of deer. This is to maintain the water flow in the summer the river Fremont (Fremont River) is the past, Fruita that there was a town called.

Capitol Reef National Park is in fact the way I was thinking about passing, recording, towering over the rocky mountains were not perfectly round appearance. After figured this would be a chance to once again while camping here was from.

East on Route 24 back to the ivory-colored canyon run if you see the overpass of natural rock Hickman Bridge resembles the roof of the U.S. Capitol and the Capitol Dome is seen coming up the trail entrance, a long way to go and we just had to pass said. And then escapes ... ^ ^

Enjoy breathtaking views of the park quickly turned out the east exit of the run, but he is venting, weird colors went on the rocks and mountains.

In particular, the two pillars of gray dust! Maybe 30 days of travel in the most unusual roadside scenery is probably not thinking. This stratum was gray everywhere, at first thought it was a cement plant in ... ^ ^

Bill Hanks (Hanksville) beyond the small town again, we meet East-West crossing the 70 Freeway about 50km from the line of this road was widened. The road next to the Goblin Valley (Goblin Valley), Utah State Park is another attraction that is hidden Forget Remember that.

70 the Green River Freeway (Green River) to meet you in the Green River (Green River) had arrived in State Park. Golf courses in the state park, as it is a two-day camp.

Comfortably on a manicured lawn and a dinner for considering the tent. Today's menu is a "hub-to taste Salt and onion in a skillet steak smothered" Simply put ... sprinkle salt meat baked in a loaf  ^ ^ ate word to the effect of the pressure cooker rice bucket to put on a pot placed it, looked again seems ridiculous.

America's top tourist road, All-American Roads Route 12 in Utah and Capitol Reef National Park

United States Department of Transportation in the road near the scenic, natural, historical, cultural, archaeological, and recreational value of the consideration to select a National Scenic Byway system, which has been implemented since 1991, 2010 has been designated by 120 dogs. In particular, the above-mentioned six kinds of items that meet two or more of you, the road is a tourist destination in itself enough for 31 place I call All-American Roads in South Korea would immediately translate into fashion the expression 'national road' is.

Day 4 of 30 days on a camping trip, side mirror contains a blue sky filled with cool running this way now, Utah, Utah's only All-American Road in Route 12 (Utah State Route 12) is.

Bryce Canyon (Bryce Canyon) National Park on Route 89 west of Capitol Reef begins (Capitol Reef) National Park in the west end Torrey 200km from Route 24 and Route 12, the two, the bottom 1/3 of all National Park Utah, not an exaggeration to say that the most outstanding scenic drive course. Full map and look in the bottom of the road that gave the National Park and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Dixie National Forest thought he was in the top of the National Forest is, both ends of the two national parks along the road is more than three State Parks there. (Click on the map to see the details, and check position by Google map click here) is "National Road" is now the most scenic place to introduce outstanding Escalante [8 times] and Boulder [17 times] between The interval.

Bryce Canyon, about an hour after the trees are starting to disappear gradually, beige and pink is a mix of rocky mountains appear. Road bends to the left, safe speed 25 miles ... the car, the more safe driving superior scenery outside the window ^ ^

Rocky mountain road made exquisitely embroidered.

This is probably 13 times as shown on the map that corresponds to the top of a rocky mountain Head of the Rocks Lookout seems more likely, the car just passed by without stopping. (The aerial view of the landscape at the top of the representative pictures taken from Wikipedia)

Escalante on the bridge crossing the river to pull in front of me, you enter 14 times along the valley Calf Creek Rec. Area that comes out to. Once again, the road runs on the basis of review must be visited nearby attractions, I will ...

Where is the car ahead of his way to go is shaped aperture.

"This is a wonderful road on one side ad for the car, which must take ..." while thinking, while laying the car on the roadside ...

Took the car instead of the ace cracker commercials ^ ^

Boulder for over 12 times across the road beyond the Dixie National Forest, two bikes coming up behind the Poplar tree forest trails running with the ball at an altitude of 2700 meters above sea level and is!

Hollow Overlook near the head of the car.

Look down from the observation deck of the east, north and south of Capitol Reef National Park resulted in long Waterpocket Fold is manifest themselves in the great fault. This is no big cities around the highlands because tunes, view on a clear day is comes out to be 100 miles away.

2000 meters above sea level in the village comes down to Route 24 to Torrey All-American Road, Utah, with a fantastic drive along Route 12 ends. Now that a little east of red rock cliffs along the run, in the middle of today destined for 'the land of the sleeping rainbow', Capitol Reef (Capitol Reef) comes out the entrance of the national park.