Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef is a little known national park in Utah.

Its main feature is the 100 mile long crest of slickrock called the Waterpocket Fold.

There are well preserved pioneer cabins

In the interior of the park, is the Fruita Valley,

where mormon pioneers settled and planted orchards.

Apple, cherry, pear, peach and apricot trees were planted making this an oasis in the desert.

The apricots were almost ripe.

We visited the historic Gifford homestead

and sampled some of the homemade pies.

Yum!