This is our new favorite National Park. It’s a little more in the middle of nowhere, but it shares a lot of Zion’s beauty without all the crowds. We were there Memorial Day Weekend — which set a new record for number of visitors — and we still felt like we had the place to ourselves.

On behalf of my son, I apologize to all the lizards who now lack tails.

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Family selfie at Sunset Point

Hickman Bridge

View from the Visitors Center

Sulphur Creek Trail

Queen of the world

Grand Wash

Pie and Ice Cream at Gifford Homestead

Sulphur Creek

Sunset Point

View from the cabin – Torrey, UT

The fam

Hickman Bridge trail

Sulphur Creek

Nice view

Hickman Bridge

The Hills at Capitol Reef

Sunset

Sulphur Creek

View from the cabin – Torrey, UT

Small waterfall – Sulphur Creek

Hickman Bridge

Grand Wash

Gnarly tree

Apparently a popular rock pile location.

Park in Fruita

Capitol Reef Visitor Center

Hickman Bridge

Sulphur Creek

Zen toddler

Sulphur Creek waterfall

Sulphur Creek

Hickman Bridge trail

Sulphur Creek trail

Muddy hands – Sulphur Creek

Chimney Rock trail

The kids at Sunset Point

Hickman Bridge

Sunset Point

Fruita orchard

Sulphur Creek

Gifford Homestead

Sulphur Creek selfie

Sunset Point

Playing in the Sulphur Creek

Sunset