Capitol Reef National Park

 Today, we visited Capitol Reef National Park.  We arrived last night and we stayed at Wonderland RV Park. This is my favorite campground.  It has grass!  It also has a dog park. There are cows, horses and a buffalot in the pasture behind us.  Mom said the showers are clean and they are heated.  It was 40 degrees this morning and Mom appreciated having heat in the shower room. She said the restrooms are clean. We had TV channels which was really the first time in probably three weeks. The wifi is really good too!  We wish we could stay longer than two nights.

Capitol Reef National Park is small and different. There are orchards where you can pick the fruit.  We only saw apples and they were too high on the tree for us to reach.  There is also a store that sells pies and other items. The folks bought a cinnamon roll and pecan syrup.

Here are some photos:

Me leaving the grass and walking on gravel. Hate the gravel.

The brown guy is a buffalo.

This burger and fries is from a food truck called Capitol Burger.  It was delicious!

Our site.  We have a little fence.

Here are photos from Capitol Reef:

Deer in the orchards.

More deer.

We took a drive down a gravel road that was beautiful but scary because the road was so narrow. It was two way traffic.

The folks took a hike to see the pioneer register which was where some of the pioneers in the area carved their names into the rocks.

More Pioneer Register

More Pioneer Register

This is the one room school house that the Morman children that lived in Fruita attended.  It is now part of the park.

As you can see the park is beautiful.  We had a nice time here. The next stop is Bryce Canyon.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Recharged With Grass Under His Feet

Oops, We Thought We Were Leaving

 We woke up on Tuesday and planned to head to our next campground. We were all ready to leave Canyonlands RV Park.  We were slow getting up because our next place is just a few hours away.  Mom checked to see the check-in time at the next place and then realized we were not checking in until Wednesday.  She thought maybe they had booked something wrong but then realized we were here until Wednesday. We were kind of disappointed because we were ready to leave.

The folks really couldn't figure out how they wanted to spend the day.  Dad asked Mom if she wanted to eat out or go to a museum.  Mom preferred eating out because cooking in the van is not easy.  She chose to a place called Milt's Stop N Eat.  It has been around since 1954.   Mom loves these type of places.  It was a beautiful day, so the folks chose to walk the two mile round-trip.  

Mom loved that the seating is all outside.  They ordered burgers, onion rings and a coffee shake for Dad and a cherry shake for Mom.  They said it was good.  They did not bring me even a bite.

After they returned home from eating, we took the van to a carwash.  It was an expensive carwash. It was a do it yourself and it still cost us $13.  We are used to under $5.

The McDonald's is hiring here. $19 an hour.  We do not know how expensive a Big Mac is because the dining room is closed and our van is too tall to fit through the drive-thru.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Thinks He Is Finally Leaving Moab, UT tomorrow

Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point State Park

 We went to Canyonlands National Park on Sunday.  Once again we were up at 5 a.m.  Mom as one picture to share today.  You know the story, the rest are trapped on her camera until she has better wifi to get them off.

We do have pictures to share with you from Dead Horse Point State Park.  I was even able to get out of the van and see the sights because it is a state park.  I had a blast meeting people and walking around.

Having a picnic lunch with my folks.

A bride getting pictures taken.

Meeting some other hounds.

Mom and I both thought Dead Horse Point State Park was so much better than Canyonlands.  It is $20 per carload to get in, but dogs are allowed to walk the trails.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Enjoyed Walking at Dead Horse Point