Our final few hours in Capitol Reef were spent on the Cohab Canyon trail, which is a steep climb up to the top of the ridge and then a meandering trail through the mountains/canyon and a walk through the wash (the technical term for a dry, sandy, or rocky streambed that only flows with water during rainstorms, snowmelt, or flash flood events).
The Cohab Canyon trail is an out and back trail that, at the end, connects with a handful of other trails that eventually lead you to other parts of the park, including Cassidy’s Arch. Doing any one of those additional trails was out of the question without a second car waiting for you on the other end (each hike is at least six miles one way), it did give me something to look forward to coming back and completing.
While I was dreaming about doing more hikes and staying longer, Alva was starting to show signs of hiking fatigue (we had hiked every day for the past seven days). We were able to entice her to keep going with a promise of a croissant when we got to the end of the trail before heading back. She ended up eating three over the course of the hike and her mood never quite fully improved…It was a sign of things to come.
But we had calmed the tempest and were able to enjoy the quiet and peacefulness of the trail. And the few people we passed all had encouraging words and awe for both Oskar and Alva.
From Capitol Reef we technically had another night “to be determined” before our reservation at the KOA in Moab. So we started in that direction with the aim of possibly camping in Canyonlands if we could get one of their first come first serve campsites.
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