We lazed around our campsite this morning, just taking in the views and drinking coffee. Then we decided we should get out for a walk. There was a short 1 hour walk along a river to a waterfall in the Capitol reef national park , so we did this. By this time it was already getting hot. We have to remember we’re at altitude here and to drink lots of water.

It was an easy but incredibly scenic walk along the river, with big red cliffs towering over us. Apart from one other family, there was nobody else on the walk which was surprising and at the end was a little waterfall.

Then we took a scenic drive through the national park. We did this last year, but only drove half of the road as it was closed. So, this year, we drove to the far end and it was an incredible drive through tall cliffs of so many colours, and stripes. 

At the end was a walk through a canyon where there were some historic markings on the rocks where people had signed their names as a register back in the 1800s.  It’s funny how graffiti is illegal now, but old graffiti is celebrated. It was a really nice walk through the canyon, but it was hot and we were probably a bit silly. We are still jet-lagged, and not used to the heat or the altitude. At the end of the walk we were so heat stressed that we drove until we found some shade and just flopped out for the rest of the afternoon.

We cooked our dinner there and about four friendly deer were grazing in the paddock right next to us. One of them had huge antlers and looked a bit scary. But they didn’t even look twice at us. 

After our bacon and eggs, we returned to the same place we camped last night, as it was less than ten minutes away. Knackered.