Hell's Revenge, Capitol Reef and Torrey

OK, so I do have internet today...but read on to see why.  This first part of the post is a little out of order...on Wednesday evening Tom went on a Moab slick rock Hummer four wheel drive tour on the route named Hell's Revenge.   I am enclosing the photo he chose to share as representative of the evening.  If you want to see the 'potential' misadventures on this trail, there are many videos on You Tube.  Just search for 'Hells Revenge Tip Over'.  That is the name of a section of the route, not the verb, although you will find plenty of that action posted.  I am sooooooo glad I did not see the videos until AFTER he went on the tour.

OK, now back to Friday.  We left Moab in the morning and took a drive to Capitol Reef NP.  The road is filled with pretty vistas like these.

We got there pretty early, about 10:30, but the campground was already packed full.  Turns out they are having some sort of Pioneer Day tomorrow (not mentioned on the website when we planned this trip) so we meandered through the park, took in the sights and left.  Plus, while were there the sunny blue day turned into full cloud cover.  The interesting thing about Capitol Reef is it is  located on the site of an early Mormon pioneer settlement.  The valley between the sheer red rock cliffs is lush and green and filled with fruit trees.  The fruit is free for the picking if you happen to be there when it is ripe.  We saw pretty blossoms on the trees instead.  

The above is the campground, if you can get in.

Below is the on site farmhouse, museum and pie shop

We left Capitol Reef and headed 11 miles west to the small town of Torrey, where we found a lovely little RV park right at the highway intersection where we need to head south in the morning.  For $20 more than the cost of the basic no-utility camp space in the park we have a FHU site with wifi, and best of all for Tom, cable!

View out our front door

I'll bet when the sun comes out those hills turn an amazing shade of pink and red.  Oh, excuse me.  They are mountains of 9600 feet elevation, and to the left of the tree you can see snow in them there  mountains.  That is the direction we are headed tomorrow.