Day 60-July 28

Next stop is Capitol Reef National Park.  It is only a couple of hours to the park so we hope to have most of the day to see the sights before moving on to Moab.  This park provides its visitors with something we have not seen before.  The families that lived in this area before it became a national park planted orchards.  The park service has maintained many of the fruit trees and visitors to the park are encouraged to pick whatever happens to be in season.  The scenic drive into the southern area of the park is undergoing some construction work so we decided to stay on Hwy. 24 and check-out the sights along the way.  Our first stop was to see the petroglyphs inscribed on a rock wall by an ancient group of people called the Fremonts.  Then it was on to our hike of the day.  A couple miles out to Hickman Bridge afforded us with a great view of Capitol Dome and then by some interesting structures left behind by the prehistoric Fremont people.



Petroglyphs



Capitol Dome

Granary used by the Fremont people to store seeds and food.  It is high on the side of a rock cliff

Hickman Bridge