Had breakfast at the motel restaurant and left at 7:55 AM on Utah Scenic Byway UT-24. Capitol Reef National Park is just a few miles up road. We took the scenic road but stayed on the paved part, as it had rained overnight. Even so, we saw where they'd had to grade the debris from the low-water crossings. The morning light left much of the cliff front (known as the Waterpocket Fold) in shadow, but gave some spectacular long distance shots.

View down the front of the Waterpocket	Another great view	A 'temple' from the road	A series of columns
View of the cliffs	More cliffs and tilted ground	Sunlight interferes, but it's a morning shot	Cliffs seen from a dry wash
A prominent chimney	Same chimney, better view	A road shot	Road shot on the way in

Returned past the visitor center to UT-24 and followed it through the park. Stopped to see petroglyphs; also got a couple of shots of the Capitol Dome formation that gave the park its name.

See the petroglyphs on the wall?

OK - I blew them up for you. Some cowboy took potshots at them

Dome seen through a gap

The dome from the road

Continued on UT-24 heading for I-70. En route, we had planned to stop at Goblin Valley State Park, but the sun wasn't too good and it looked like a long delay. As events would prove out, that was a wise decision. Along the road, we did see some interesting formations so had to stop and shoot them

A butte along the road	A desert formation	A long view of a red desert	Some badlands - may have been a Day 8 pic
Neat clouds and a long view	Another panorama with clouds	Another distance shot, possibly from Day 8	A road shot

Too much to get on one page today. Canyonlands and Arches parks are on the next page