We stayed in Torrey UT at the Thousand Lakes Campground. Very nice staff and the grounds were clean and well kept. There were two other RV parks nearby, but from we could tell this was the best for our needs.
Capitol Reef National Park is much like the other parks in the area, lots of red rock and more stunning scenery. If you go there you will want to take the scenic drive down to the Capitol Gorge trail. The road becomes unpaved, but it is still drivable with any vehicle. The trail at the end is worth a walk just to see the petroglyphs and pioneer register, where the early settlers had etched their names into the canyon walls.
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| Petroglyph |
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Pioneer Register
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While Capitol Reef was nice, Janet and I really enjoyed the views along Hwy 12. We were originally going to get to Torrey taking this route, but due to the weather we decided not to. I am glad we didn't go this way. Even with good weather it would have been somewhat hairy to navigate the steep climbs and hairpin turns (not to mention the steep drop offs!) with our trailer attached. Hwy 12 takes you through Escalante and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Absolutely amazing!
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| View along Hwy 12 |
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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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Even better than all of this and highly recommended is the Burr Trail. This is a road that several people had told us about including a professional photographer we met in Zion named David Pettit (check his photography out: http://davidpettitphotography.com/). It starts in Boulder, UT and winds itself all the way to the southern point of Capitol Reef NP. We went as far as marker 20 and thoroughly enjoyed the scenery.
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| Burr Trail |
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| Along the Burr Trail |
That's it for Utah. A couple we met in Torrey, who have been full time RV'ers for 5 years (Hi Terri and Charlie), said that the entire state of Utah should be declared a National Park. I couldn't agree more.
On to Colorado...
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