We decided to tour the national parks of Utah in our "Toyota home". Our plan was to take a week starting on I-70 from Denver t0 Utah then cutting down to Capitol Reef National Park, on to Brice Canyon, Cedar Breaks and Zion before returning on I-70 all the way almost to the Colorado border to the cutoff for Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. We liked Capitol Reef so much that we decided to return via Capitol Reef then joining I-70 for Arches and Canyonlands.
The campground at Capitol Reef was a former Mormon settlement. It is kept green by the rangers who also tended the many fruit orchards started by the Mormons. Candy picked 16 lbs of peaches. They were small but yummy.
The campground is very clean and cool with green grass, huge old shade trees as well as a running stream. It is isolated and very quiet compared to the other campgrounds we saw. From the campground there's a scenic road that passes through 20 miles of huge rock formations and washes. The camping fee was only $5. We took sunset as well as sunrise photos.
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