We headed out to the north end of the park to an area called Cathedral Valley. We were cautioned about the roads, so we took the long way around, out west and then north of Capitol Reef, thru some national forest land. Some of the most beautiful areas of many parks cannot be easily accessed, thus making a long journey worth the trip. We drove down nearly 30 miles of dirt roads, dodging cows in the road along the way, until we got to a free campground overlooking Cathedral Valley. This area is overlooking an area called "The Monoliths" and ... WOW! We're up on a mesa, looking down on a flat desert floor with these huge... well, monoliths, jutting up hundreds of feet into the air!

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