CANYON COUNTRY - CAPITOL REEF - 3

Three days in Capitol Reef, so three posts to cover it all - apologies if the canyons are getting a bit much - but it is all soooooo scenic that it's a photo-stop every few minutes, whether hiking or driving - quite exhausting for the camera person.

HARVEST HOMECOMING

So for some light relief, these are some piccies of the small harvest festival put on by the National Park.  Tents with locals demonstrating quilting, branding, apple pressing, rug making, stamping leather, smokehouse operating, set up of typical cowboy camp and a great country music band playing.  

Just a couple of local cowboys!!

And all just outside our favourite pie emporium!

After 2 days of fruit pie lunches, today we shared this cinnamon roll - as good as it looks.  In case you haven't discovered, you can enlarge any photo or collage by tapping it and expanding it.  The rolls look even better!!!  (The cowboys don't!)

MORE HIKES

Two main ones today - first up along river and overlook down to our old campsite in the orchards

Then after cinnamon roll lunch and Harvest excitement, up this side canyon, where we met our first Brit - amazing after two weeks (apart from drunken yobbos in Vegas) - they are either put off by exchange rate or Trump or both.

Brownie

Wasn't sure if this so-called brownie was something found by the wayside and from an indeterminate animal

Didn't taste great either!

Beavers

We saw this pear tree on the edge of the orchard on our first day, nearly gnawed through - 2 days later it was like this.  

And the Rangers pretty worried, as this is the first beaver problem they have had there, with a big orchard to go at.  Decisions will need to be made! 

But we picked up lots of nice pears for future consumption.  Allan and Sue may get to try them in a few days time when we meet up.

Busy day but great and the crowds of Bryce and Zion are conspicuous by their absence.