Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Vacation Part Something: 8/18 and 8/19 The real part 8

On this day, my family went to Colorado National Monument, a place that is all about its rock formations. The place is East of Grand Junction, CO and South of Fruita, CO. We drove, and took a stop at almost every overlook. We did very few trails, because our grandpa can't hike far. After two hours, we finally got to the visitor center, which I did my Junior Ranger Badge. After that, we visited just two more stops, and then left the Monument and Colorado for the rest of vacation. We still had one more stop, Capitol Reef National Park, the second least visited park in Utah, which we had not yet visited in our last trip to Utah.

Capitol Reef National Park is one of Five of Utah's National Parks, every single one relates to rock formations. Capitol Reef was named for two natural features, one is a dome, which looks like the capitol building, and the other is a reef, or another name for an "impassable" cliff. We visited the visitor center, and saw some scenic rock formations, we spent the night at Torrey, UT, which is close to the park. I had instant noodles for dinner. It was fun. For the next day, we visited the five stops we hadn't yet looked at, claimed our junior ranger badges, then finally, our vacation was over, and we started driving home at 10:00 A.M. After twelve more hours of driving, we finally got home.

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