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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Sulphur Creek

Hickman Bridge

Hickman Bridge

Park in Fruita

Chimney Rock trail

The fam

Gnarly tree

Pie and Ice Cream at Gifford Homestead

View from the cabin – Torrey, UT

Hickman Bridge

Sunset

View from the cabin – Torrey, UT

Sulphur Creek selfie

Sulphur Creek trail

Sulphur Creek

Muddy hands – Sulphur Creek

Hickman Bridge

Family selfie at Sunset Point

Sunset

Apparently a popular rock pile location.

The Hills at Capitol Reef

Nice view

Small waterfall – Sulphur Creek

Queen of the world

Sulphur Creek

Capitol Reef Visitor Center

Hickman Bridge trail

The kids at Sunset Point

Sulphur Creek Trail

Sulphur Creek

Gifford Homestead

Sulphur Creek

Grand Wash

Grand Wash

Hickman Bridge

Sunset Point

Hickman Bridge trail

Zen toddler

Sunset Point

Playing in the Sulphur Creek

View from the Visitors Center

Fruita orchard

Sulphur Creek

Sulphur Creek waterfall

Sunset Point