Alsguth Travel Blog

 On Sunday (what day is it anyway???) we left Moab, UT to move to Torrey, UT which is near Capitol Reef NP.  We are staying at Capitol Reef Resort. no, we did not stay in a teepee.  We have a room with a view (obviously). We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Capitol Reef NP (CRNP)!!! The geology is super cool in this area.  The layers of sediment, deposited over 100's of millions of years, went through an uplift over 7,000 feet and folded over on itself (instead of just stacking like usual).  After millions of years of erosion, it leaves the most amazing and unexpected patterns and colors.  There are places where you can see the "stacks" of the various rock and right next to that the rocks run vertical or at a huge slant. The above picture is from our first hike on Monday, Grand Wash Trail.  GW Trail was 4.4 miles through a canyon, but of course, we find the trailhead for Cassidy Arch which adds 3.4 miles - this was a lot but it was super nice.  Cassidy Arch had 900+ feet of elevation gai

 Hello again! We have spent the past couple of days in Arches NP.  We started on Thursday night, arriving in time to see the sunset from an arch.  We then parked the car at Panorama Point and did some star-gazing.  It was super neato! Friday we got to the park early (7:23 ish) ... I was a bit grumpy so Carsten made a game of it - for every Arch we spotted we got a kiss!  Did you know there are over 2,000 Arches in this wonderful, amazing park?!?!?!?  What a great day!! We first went to the Northern-most point in the park to start our day.  Our first hike was in Devils Garden to see Tunnel, Pinetree and Landscape Arches (in order): Next up, Skyline Arch (are you counting kisses yet?)...  Followed by a hike to see Sand Dune, Broken and Tapestry Arches... Broken Arch (... it's not really broken in my opinion) - note Carsten waiting patiently for his "arch" kiss! Sand Dune Arch was extra cool because we hiked through a small canyon to get there.... ...small canyon... here you