Tuesday afternoon we drove the scenic drive of Capitol Reef. To set the mood we played Kathy's newly purchased Indian flute canyon music CD. Our first stop was the Goosenecks and Sunset Point. Our next destination was the Capitol Wash where we hiked to the Pioneer Register and the "Tanks". The Pioneer Register is a canyon wall that was used by passing pioneers to document their passage. There are signatures dated from the 1800's. Of course people passing through today will be fined $250 if they were to document their presence. We then went to find the "tanks" which are basically large potholes that hold water. This hike was rather steep and hard to follow but eventually we found them. Maybe Kathy was impressed, but I have to admit it wasn't one of my favorite hikes. Anyway, since the sun was setting and we had to hike back to our car, we started to return to the bottom of the canyon. Imagine my face when I turned to Kathy and said "You're never going to believe where we are - we're back at the tanks"! I'm sure that I didn't add any four letter type words in that sentence. I wish I had dropped the M & M's rather than eating them during the hike. So since I am typing this you know we must have found our way out and we did - thanks to Kathy. I'm sure I'm going to lose some long ago earned Girl Scout badge for this.
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