Capital Reef

This morning we drove over to Capital Reef National Park.  We stopped off at the visitor's center to get the kid's junior ranger packets, let them stamp their passports and to get some recommendations about what we should see and do.  Just as we were finishing up, a ranger was hosting a geology talk, so we decided to check it out.  It answered a lot of questions we had about the different rock layers in the park.  

We then took the "Scenic Drive" through the park before heading out on the Capital Goege Trail.  At the end of the trail you can climb up to see some waterpockets that are filled with tadpoles and all sorts of water bugs.  We also saw a red dragon fly, which the kids were super excited about! It was interesting to see pools of water in the middle of the desert.

On our way out of the park, we stopped off at the Ripple Creek Nature Center for a night sky talk (the view of the night sky is supposed to be amazing in the park...but it's rained both nights we've been here!).  After the kids turned in their completed packets and got their junior ranger badges (Big Sister's so proud that they've collected 6 so far on our trip - she even bought a banner to display them on at the nature center!) we headed back to the motorhome where the kids rode their bikes and I washed some clothes (yay!).

 

This isn't the best picture, but on the hike we found a little "cave" and John helped the kids climb inside. Little Bud did not want to get down to finish the hike!

 

Junior Ranger Pledge

Fun at the campground!