For never visiting Cathedral Valley before the wife and I were pretty damn impressed! The road passes through a bunch of dry washes that could easily make it impossible to get through during a storm in the desert. The first monoliths that we came to were Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Moon. Before we came to them we venture over to take a look at the Glass Mountain. It's a lot smaller than I thought it would be but pretty interesting.
Then we got to the Temples. Wow, just WOW!!
When we got up to the campground it was almost dark (thanks snow covered road!), so we had to choose a camp spot and get set up pretty fast. We did however get to take a look at the overlook and I had a feeling it was going to be a good next morning. The sleep platform worked great! There was plenty of room for the both of us, we just need a better sleeping mat. The blankets we laid down did not cut it. 4:30am rolled around and I was awake. The sunrise was pretty cool looking through the tinted passenger window of the cruiser. At around 5:30am I rolled out of bed and got the camera set up at the overlook. I was not disappointed! I was snapping pics as the sun rose over the valley and ended up with this.
After the sun was up it was time to drag the wifey out of bed and get going. We packed up the cruiser and got back on the road.
The plan was to go back down and hit some hiking trails in the park, but the wife was not feeling it. The night before she tripped and pulled something in her repaired hip. So, with long hikes out of the question we decided to take our time heading out of Cathedral Valley and do some shorted hikes. There is a lot of open space in that valley!!
So, all in all it was a great overnight trip. We got to try out the sleep platform and visit a side of the park that we haven't been to before. Thanks for the memories Capital Reef!! The rest of the photos can be found here.
