Capitol Reef National Park

We are in Richfield, UT now got here Thursday Aug 23rd 07. Will be moving on down toward Bryce Canyon this coming Thursday. Our road trip yesterday 8/25/07 was to Capitol Reef National Park, that was a 300 mile day trip. Trying something different with this blog, I down loaded my pictures first and now doing the rest. I keep getting disconnected so hope I get it all done.
We stayed in Red Feather Lakes for a couple of days extra since Don wanted us to stay for the Aug. get together. We got to meet some of the other host and since leaving heard some of them have resigned and left Mountain Park friday, didn't even stay until the end of the season.
I'm having trouble with my hip and hope it gets straightened out soon. Don't know if it is to much being on the go or from laying around so much when I was sick for about a week before we left CO. But it will get better some day I guess.
Utah is a beautiful state and I think it has more national parks then any other state. We was here in this KOA back in Aug 1998 because Bill turned 60 when we was here and Shirley and I took him out to eat here in town.
We went to Wal Mart Friday and got some stuff we needed stopped at a farm market place and got some fresh corn on the cob, tomatoes and peaches. The tomatoes are good but a little over ripe, will have to check him out later this week and see if he has new ones. The corn is wonderful, as sweet as candy.
When we get to Bryce canyon National Park we will do more day trips to Cedar Breaks, Zion National Park, hope we get to go to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and Powell Lake but will have to wait and see. When we was here in 98 we did the Arches National Park, and The Grand Canyon in AZ but the north rim was closed so sure hope we get to see it this trip.
Ok to the pictures now and see if I can remember what some of them are besides rocks LOL.



Well this is me since I put some of Bill thought maybe I should add the one with me in it. When you make the picture bigger you can see all of the little holes in the rocks that happen with the rain and snow. Remind you of mushrooms.

This is a sod house, a family of 10 lived here. The boys slept outside and they think they must have had a table outside and ate there. They lived there until flooding run them out.

Make this one bigger and you can see the Petroglyphs on them, you could also see where someone had to climb up there and add their own message. Don't know why people have to do stuff like that. But you do have to make it bigger and really look to find those.

This is a couple of HUGE cottonwood trees at the little park where we stopped and ate our lunch. I don't know that I have ever seen cottonwoods that big before.

We stopped to pick some peaches, as you go around it will have U-Pick Fruit and it was 1.00 a pound on the honor system. They even had pickers, bags, scales, and ladders so you could pick them. They are getting pretty picked over now, and we didn't stop for any apples. They are in the historic Fruita orchards and they have more than 2,700 trees including apples, peaches, apricots, pears, cherries, plums and nectarines. The trees flower in April and blooms last until May. Cherries are the first to harvest from June 11 to July 7th, Apricots June 27 to July 22, and June 28 to July 18 depends if they are early or regulars, Peaches Aug. 4 to Sept 6, Pears Aug 7 to Sept 8, and apples Sept 4 to Oct 17. A lot of the orchards we did not see. Found all of this info in a book we have on the Park.

Bill with a big formation behind him. This was taken after we walked up to the Gooseneck to see what was around us.

Below is the river that runs through it, this is take at the top of the Gooseneck lookout.

Rock formation.

more rocks.

Another formation, some of these are so flat it looks like they have taken a saw and sawed them off. Was a great day and really pretty... Hope you enjoy.

NEED REST

Got a bear picture added later..

Well going to write a little bit tonight but so tired may not get much done and my pictures will not download for some reason. I have good connection but it just has done and no pictures.
My cousin Merlene and Bud came down from WY and spent four days with us and all we have done is run. We took a trip through the Rocky Mountains one day and then next (Friday) we left early in the morning and drove to Colorado Springs. Went to Fort Carson for him to buy him a new uniform, then to the PX and around the Fort. Left there and drove to Denver, got us a room to spend the night.
She set the GPS and it took us out of our way about 50 miles then right back up on I25 N. Don't know what she put in but we was looking for Super 8, when we found it, it was on our own.
Sat. morning we got up and went to the Zoo, we walked forever, the guys stayed outside and waited on us. We was in there about 4 hours, it's a big zoo. After the zoo we went to the IMax the to the Planetatarium. Both of them was pretty good. We got our room again since I was to tired to drive back to Red Feather Lakes and got up Sunday morning and went to the 16th street mall. Read in the paper today the clerk in 7/11 at the Mall was shot in the head Sunday evening after the Rockies game. We drove on home and Merlene and Bud left for home. He wasn't feeling very good. They got home about 9:45.

Today we went into Ft Collins and did the washing and grocery shopping, stopped and seen Don and Sherry and they have ask us to finish out the season if they need us but I don't think it will happen. We may work up here again next summer, we will have to just wait and see what happens. We are both really tired from so much going.

Well guess I will finish up and sorry the pictures would not download, have a good one of a bear.....

On The Go

This is from the back of the motor home and a
rain storm brewing.


Looking out from where the dining room table sets.
But we was out side.


We had a guest at lunch in Red Feather Lakes
today.



This is the head stones of three indian scouts and
where they fell.


Little Big Horn, head stone with black lettering is
where Custer fell. Headstones mark where human
remains were found and they are all over the hill
sides also. This was fenced off I guess because it
is where the most were found and Custer was with
them.


Squaw all dressed up the white dots on top is elks
teeth and that showed how rich her husband was.
At the Cody Musume in Cody, WY

Buffalo Bill Cody Musume and Center

Bill, Bud and Merlene

Out the window at the old Church in the Teton's

Bud on Gondola

Gondola ride at Jackson Hole, WY

At the Rally...

Here it is the 7th of August and as you can see I haven't added anything for a while. So will try and play catch up. Not real good at this and haven't had good Internet for a while.

We went to the Winnebago WIT Rally in July from the 15th to the 20th. We got to Forest City on the 9th and just messed around until friends came in then we went to the rally grounds. Had fun the above picture is of the grounds taken from the hill where the show was. We stayed after the rally to have some work done and got out of there on the 25th and headed west.

Stayed one night in Mitchell, SD then went to Sturgis, SD and stayed for two days. We both forgot it was getting close to the motorcycle rally in Sturgis so didn't stay long there. The bikes was moving in. We went to Deadwood a couple times but no luck

We left there on the 29th and went to Riverton, WY to visit with a cousin for a while. While there we went on a lot of day trips to see things and one over night trip. We drove up to the Tetons and everything my cousin wanted to show us had closed down. We rode on a Gondola and that was fun since I have never been on one. Bud my cousin's husband said he would never ride another one but he did. We went to see the mystery of the Tetons and they have closed it down. My cousin Merlene said it was a house and no chairs or anything but you could set down in thin air and you could not be pushed over. Sure wish it had still been open sounded like a lot of fun. Was also going to a cheese factory and they have closed it. So we just found other stuff to see and do for the day. I think we went a little over 400 miles that day.

Bud's neice came in and we waited a day and half then left again. We went to Cody, WY then to Billings, MT and spent the night there, next morning went to Custer Last Stand all of this was really nice. I wish I could figure out how to put my pictures with what I'm telling about but haven't learned how yet and to do them in order. I think you have to work backwards but not sure. Will keep working at it to try and figure it out. My last night in Riverton I went to the casino by myself and won $400.00 so that was nice.

We left Riverton yesterday the 6th and came to Red Feather Lakes, CO and boy is it nice here. Was down it the 50's last night and nice so far today. It's raining now and cooled off so it will be nice again tonight also. Bud and Merlene are coming tomorrow I think and we are going to show them around down in this area since they showed us such a good time up in WY and MT. We may take a day and go to Denver but don't know yet.

Well guess thats about it for today, tomorrow is Bill's 69th birthday and we will see what he wants to do tomorrow right now he is taking a LOUD nap. LOL