Today was a busy day, we broke camp early and headed for Goblin Valley State park. Although we had to pay an entrance fee, it was well worth it for two reasons: hiking in the valley and showers. The goblins were a lot of fun, we climbed, crawled all around them and took tons of photos. We spent an hour or so walking around the area. We then headed back to the car and headed for the showers. It had been 48 hours since had showered, so it was nice to get a shave an d shower in. You see very few of the national parks and national monuments have showers, but many of the state parks do. After getting cleaned up we drove to Torrey for groceries and internet and then went to Capitol Reef National Park for a couple nights of camping, scenic drives and hiking. Late in the afternoon, we did a 25 mile scenic drive, and then a 4 mile hike to see the Golden Throne. Later we drove up to sunset point for sunset, and then returned to camp for a late dinner. I have visited this park once before but previously I only spent a few hours here doing a short hike. I'm glad I was able to return for a much longer period and able to properly explore the park in its entirety.
The next day we set out on a 130 mile loop that would take us on a series of paved and dirt roads. First we stopped to hike the Lower Muley Twist Canyon, which is an stream bed that is dried up this time of year. Then we headed to the upper Muley Trail driving 3 miles up a very bumpy road and an then hiked to an overlook where we were able to see most of the park and the waterfold (a geological feature that is what the park is known for). Later we drove out of the park and then up to 9500 ft. That morning we were in a desert environment, now we were surrounded by alpine forest and snow. We decided to make the most of the situation and filled our coolers up with snow to keep the beers cold. We finished the drive and headed back to camp for dinner.
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