Spectacular scenery!! Spectacular Day!!! Follow along...... (photos by Karen)
Watch the topography change from the rolling green meadows of southwest Colorado
to the rocky canyons of Utah.
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| COLORADO RIVER |
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| STOPPED FOR A BREAK |
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| ENTERING CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK AND THE TOWN OF FRUITA-- AN OASIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT..... SETTLED BY MORMON PIONEERS AROUND 1848. 10 FAMILIES LIVED HERE OFF AND ON UNTIL 1969 WHEN THE US GOVT. PURCHASED FOR THIS PARK. ALSO RAISED CATTLE, HOGS, AND SHEEP |
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| OLD ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE |
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| LOOK AT THE FRUIT TREES APPLE, CHERRY, PEACH, APRICOT |
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| ANCIENT INDIAN CARVINGS |
THE ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD
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| HUGE COTTONWOOD TREE |
THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPGROUND WAS FULL SO...
WE "DISPERSED CAMPED" OUT IN THE BOONIES.
TOMORROW WE HEAD FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE
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