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Trip to Capitol Reef Nat'l Park
Yahoo Message Number: 57308
Pat and I will be traveling to Capitol Reef National Park in Utah, arriving noonish Oct 4 and departing Oct 7, staying in Fruita campground.  There we will meet Terry and Eloth Burnes (of this LD forum) who will be touring their way over from Gardnerville, NV in their 2003 RB.  If there are any other Lazy Dazers in the area at the time, stop in; say hello; stay a while.

Chris Horst
2002 30' IB
Denver
Formerly: 2002 30' IB
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Trip to Capitol Reef Nat'l Park
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Yahoo Message Number: 57331
Chris, I'm green.  Capitol Reef is my absolute favorite park in that part of the country...it's so accessible, and if you're lucky it might rain a bit and give the rock formations more sheen and depth.  I'll bet you end up staying more than three days!  "Hi" to Pat, Terry & Eloth -- sounds like a wonderful excursion at a perfect time of year.

Lorna
2003 RB
Trip to Capitol Reef Nat'l Park
Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 57316
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Pat and I will be traveling to Capitol Reef National Park in Utah, arriving noonish Oct 4 and departing Oct 7, staying in Fruita campground.  There we will meet Terry and Eloth Burnes (of this LD forum) who will be touring their way over from Gardnerville, NV in their 2003 RB.  If there are any other Lazy Dazers in the area at the time, stop in; say hello; stay a while.

 Chris, we're not in the area, but Capitol Reef is one of our favorite Utah NPs!  Capitol Reef and Canyonlands were the reason we decided to tow a 4x4 so that we could explore the back country of both parks.
 I don't know how you're going, but be SURE to drive SR-12 -- the portion between Escalante and Torrey has absolutely fantastic scenery.  Stop at the view points, in particular Head of Rocks and Homestead.  The view at Head of Rocks looks like a moonscape, and at Homestead you can see the Waterpocket Fold (part of Capitol Reef NP), and the northern portion of Grand Staircase Escalante NM -- awe inspiring!
 Also, if you have a toad (doesn't necessarily have to be a 4x4 but should be high clearance), drive the road that goes down the Notom-Bullfrog Road on the eastern side of the park and ascend the Waterpocket Fold.  The trip up the Waterpocket Fold isn't for the faint of heart, but you'll be on the inside (we drove it in a 1-ton pickup with duallys).  Take a picnic lunch and have lunch at the top.

You can read about our trip to Capitol Reef at http://hometown.aol.com/linda0146/capitolreef.html

Linda Hylton

2004 Red 23.5' TK
From Sundance Meadows
Bend, OR

See where we are: http://map.datastormusers.com/user2.cfm?user=1167
Linda Hylton
 
Trip to Capitol Reef Nat'l Park - to Linda H
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Yahoo Message Number: 57336
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Chris, we're not in the area, but Capitol Reef is one of our
favorite Utah NPs!  Capitol Reef and Canyonlands were the reason we decided to tow a 4x4so that we could explore the back country of both parks.

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I don't know how you're going, but be SURE to drive SR-12 -- the
portion between Escalante and Torrey has absolutely fantastic scenery.  Stop at the view points, in particular Head of Rocks and Homestead.  The view at Head of Rocks looks like a moonscape, and at Homestead you can see the Waterpocket Fold (part of Capitol Reef NP), and the northern portion of Grand Staircase

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Escalante NM -- awe inspiring!

Also, if you have a toad (doesn't necessarily have to be a 4x4 but
should be high clearance), drive the road that goes down the Notom- Bullfrog Road on the eastern side of the park and ascend the Waterpocket Fold.  The trip up the Waterpocket Fold isn't for the faint of heart, but you'll be on the inside (we drove it in a 1-ton pickup with duallys).  Take a picnic lunch

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and have lunch at the top.

You can read about our trip to Capitol Reef at http://hometown.aol.com/linda0146/capitolreef.html

Linda Hylton
Linda, thanks for the info and the link to your trip report.  I look forward to reading it.  We were there years ago; I don't remember much.   The Burneses have a Wrangler so we can get off the beaten path.

Chris
Formerly: 2002 30' IB