Day 3 turned out to be a little colder, but that didn't slow us down. It was lightly snowing that morning when we woke up, so I took the kids outside to try and get some pictures because it was so beautiful. It was pure luck that I got a picture of all five with smiles on their faces.
This is the overlook for Capital Reef. The picture does not do its beauty justice.
The pioneers settled Capital Reef, they planted lots and lots fruit trees that are still maintained today. There is an old school house the kids wanted their picture taken in front of.
Olivia was the poop and cactus spotter. Everywhere we hiked she would point them out.
We drove through some amazing scenery and then stopped for lunch at the beginning of this hiking trail.
Capital Reef (like most national parks) has a junior ranger program. We stopped at the visitors center and picked up the book and information for the kids to participate in the program. Once they completed everything in the book we took them back to the meet with the park ranger. After a quick little test, the Ranger gave them each a patch and swore them in as junior rangers. The most exciting part of today was seeing the Indian pictographs drawn on the cliffs.
After driving through the park we went back to our cabin and then set off to hike on some rock formations not far away. This is me at the bottom getting ready to climb to the top. Most of those rocks were taller than me but Jon reassured me that the view at the top was spectacular.
This is me at the top, bragging just a little about how I made it.
Jon's description of the view on top was not even close to how breath taking it really was.
Jon and the kids on top.
I was a bit sad that today was our last day and tomorrow we would be packing up to head back home. I am thankful to a loving Heavenly Father that created such wonderful and beautiful places and that I am lucky enough to experience them.
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