Capitol Reef Scenic Drive

• Norman Cousins.

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When we planned a road trip to southern Utah couple of year ago we were confident that in the week and a half we had we would be able to hit all the five national parks in the elevated state. In fact, we even included some short trips to northern parts of the state. Unfortunately, as routinely happens with pans of mice and men, mother nature decided to throw a curve ball by sending a winter storm our way as we arrived at Bryce Canyon.

While the winter storm delayed us a lot, it did indeed provide us with some stunning desert scenery. We also had to drop much of our planned itinerary to northern Utah and reduce the planned trip to Capitol Reef National Park to just a drive around the scenic road. This shot was taken just after sunset as we turned back from our short venture into the stunning National Park. One of my biggest surprises was Capitol Reef National Park. The scenery here is just stunning, and most of it needs some level of backcountry driving. I hope to come here again soon.