To Torrey we go ….

Due to a change in internal flights after we had booked our international flights, we had to make a few changes to the end section of our holiday to make up a couple of days so that we can meet Kenzie in Vegas on 8 March. Her internal flight to Vegas was booked with her international ticket so it couldn’t be changed.

Torrey wasn’t on our original plans however after some research, we decided to make a stop here to explore the Capitol Reef National Park.

We set off from our Moab hotel at 9.30am, did some grocery shopping, filled the car with fuel and got some money out to do washing and tipping the cleaners of our rooms. We drove out of Moab around 10.30am.

Onwards towards Torrey. We took I70 West for part of the way and wow it was 80 miles per hour (130kms). Dave set the cruise control to 80 and we had everyone passing us including semi-trailers or as the Americans call them tractor-trailers!

We turned off I70 onto SR24 and went through some very interesting and questionable towns. We were wondering at some parts of the trip if we were in the right place as we didn’t see any cars for miles and no cars were coming the other way.

Just before Torrey you go through the outskirts of Capitol Reef National Park and if those views are anything to go by, there is going to be some amazing scenes within the park.

We drove into Torrey which is basically about 5 buildings with most places ‘closed for the season’ including the convenience store and all eateries so lucky we stocked up on food! It’s a very quiet quaint town though.

Where we are staying, Days Inn by Wyndham is just a room but it is everything we need. It’s just a pity that it is one of the most expensive places we have stayed so far!

Tomorrow we will enjoy the sights of the National Park with lots of walking ahead of us.Read more