I write to share with you some valedictory thoughts about the tour of southern Utah national parks just completed. It may be that similar formations exist elsewhere in the world, but if so I've not seen them.
Bryce is unique, so is Zion, and in some ways Capitol Reef is just as dramatic. It is out of the way, hard to get to, and so much less visited. If you do go to Capitol Reef, be sure to take the scenic gravel road all the way to the end. You are driving in what was an old wagon road that made access to the area a real challenge.
We didn't get to Arches this trip, but have been there in the past and it is spectacular too. And there is a short stretch just west of Bryce that is, I believe, a state park but for several miles you drive through scenery that is so exotic it is hard to believe it is natural (which of course, it is).
The DrsC have been in 80+ countries and have seen a lot of sights. We continue to believe that the stretch of 11 national parks that begin in Arizona with the Grand Canyon, and continue north through Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Alberta, Canada, are cumulatively the most spectacular collection of scenery in the world. I am willing to entertain arguments to the contrary.
