Monday, April 21, 2008--The Drive to Capitol Reef

As you have probably realized, we didn't get many days updated on the blog while at Bryce. We left early Monday morning to head back to Capitol Reef. We stopped in the small town of Escalante for breakfast. We both had a pancake and 2 scrambled eggs plus coffee. The bill was less than $10--much less than it would have been at Ruby's place! It was an eclectic cafe with many funny signs on the walls.

We arrived back at the rv in time to go for a long hike. We chose the Grand Wash. It goes along a wash, through the narrows and stops at a picnic area. It was a 2 1/4 mile hike one way!

We found several rocks that looked like geodes and Bob cracked them open. The insides were completely filled with quartz.

The walls of the cliffs were marked with water erosion holes. They are different sizes in each area.

We found several places in the walls of the wash that had been eroded. They made good caves.The Cassidy Arch Trail was off the Grand Wash Trail, but it would have made our hike a little too long for the afternoon. It is said that Butch Cassidy had a hideout near the arch, but it was never proven.

After we returned to the rv, we ate dinner and decided to go to sunset point at the west entrance to the park. We missed the light playing off the red rocks, but we did see some good color in the western sky.

We waited about 10 minutes before taking the next picture.
We planned to do another long hike on Tuesday!