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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Hickman Bridge

Gnarly tree

Muddy hands – Sulphur Creek

Sunset Point

View from the Visitors Center

Sunset

Hickman Bridge trail

Sunset

Small waterfall – Sulphur Creek

Sunset Point

View from the cabin – Torrey, UT

Chimney Rock trail

Park in Fruita

Sunset Point

Gifford Homestead

Sulphur Creek selfie

Grand Wash

Sulphur Creek

Family selfie at Sunset Point

Nice view

Hickman Bridge

Sulphur Creek

Apparently a popular rock pile location.

Pie and Ice Cream at Gifford Homestead

Sulphur Creek

Playing in the Sulphur Creek

Capitol Reef Visitor Center

Sulphur Creek

The Hills at Capitol Reef

Fruita orchard

Zen toddler

Grand Wash

Hickman Bridge

View from the cabin – Torrey, UT

Hickman Bridge

Sulphur Creek

The fam

Sulphur Creek trail

Hickman Bridge trail

Sulphur Creek

Queen of the world

Sulphur Creek Trail

The kids at Sunset Point

Sulphur Creek waterfall

Hickman Bridge