August 2026

Capitol Reef National Park should be the main theme of day 10 of our US Roadtrip 2026. However, Utah is such a state where even a national park can be dwarfed by a state park or a national monument. I am not saying that Capitol Reef National Park is not worth visiting. In fact, I would like to return and explore it more. I am simply conveying our s

Two Utah State Parks along state highway UT-12 filled day 9 of our 2026 US road trip. Readers may have never heard of Kodachrome Basin and Escalante Petrified Forest - two Utah state parks that elsewhere in the world would have been declared national parks. Oh, by the way - we did stop at a National Park - Bryce Canyon. See how the trip spoiled us?