The kids had their Fall Break over the third week of October, so we went to Capitol Reef! (the entire week off for my young girls at American Prep, and Thursday and Friday off for my middle schoolers...so we left Wednesday late afternoon)
We rented an Airbnb in Teasdale, which is about 15-20 minutes outside of Capitol Reef. It is a very small town, no grocery stores or restaurants, just a few houses spread throughout; a quiet and peaceful setting, and perfect for Scott and I to go running out on the roads each morning.
This is the front yard of the house. Beautiful backdrop!
Torrey is probably where the closest grocery store and restaurants are located, and they're about 15 minutes out. We had prepared ahead and brought our own food for all of our meals while we were there. We ate dinner out on the ride over because we didn't leave until 430(after school and piano lessons) and it's a 3 1/2 hour drive. We brought green Naked Juice, fruit and cereal for breakfasts, we packed sandwich makings for lunches and I made a pan of enchiladas and rice and beans for the evening we'd be eating dinner at the house. It was cheaper than staying in a hotel(around 130/night here with taxes and cleaning fees, and could sleep all 7 of us...we're a little too big to stay in just one hotel room these days), and we had two bedrooms, living area and a full kitchen.
We went on a few hikes over that Thursday and Friday. We did Sunset Point hike (1 mile roundtrip) and the Goosenecks Overlook (mostly a picture spot, not really a hike) and Hickman Bridge(2 miles roundtrip) on Thursday.
