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

Sunset Point

View from the Visitors Center

Sunset Point

The Hills at Capitol Reef

Sulphur Creek

Chimney Rock trail

Hickman Bridge

Capitol Reef Visitor Center

Gifford Homestead

Zen toddler

Sulphur Creek selfie

Sulphur Creek

View from the cabin – Torrey, UT

Family selfie at Sunset Point

Nice view

Sulphur Creek Trail

Sulphur Creek

Sulphur Creek

Hickman Bridge

Apparently a popular rock pile location.

The kids at Sunset Point

Hickman Bridge

The fam

Park in Fruita

Hickman Bridge trail

Sunset

Sunset Point

Grand Wash

Pie and Ice Cream at Gifford Homestead

Sulphur Creek waterfall

Grand Wash

View from the cabin – Torrey, UT

Muddy hands – Sulphur Creek

Gnarly tree

Sulphur Creek

Sulphur Creek trail

Hickman Bridge

Sunset

Hickman Bridge trail

Playing in the Sulphur Creek

Hickman Bridge

Queen of the world

Fruita orchard

Small waterfall – Sulphur Creek