Capitol Reef Field Station: Day Three
Oh what a wonderful and sad day this was. I awoke with a puffy and slightly swollen face from the previous day's exposure to the elements of Capitol Reef and every inch of my body ached from the riggers and continuous hiking and activities of the previous day. It was fabulous! It was defiantly well worth it and earned only by hard work.
My dear roommate and I awoke to shouting in the hall and thinking we overslept. However, the ipod showed it was only six something in the morning. Surely after the previous day we were not required to get up so early. So I promptly rolled over to resume my sleep. At that point I noticed the light beams creeping through the blinds on the window. I decided that if I quickly arose out of bed and hurriedly bundled up, I may just make it outside to the phenomenal sunrise. So, I did just that and rushed to a bench to watch the sun come over the breath taking canyon of sky reaching red rock. After about ten minuets I realized that I had missed the sun rise and the sun was up. Yet, the sitting and gazing over the wonderful view was exceptionally peaceful.
Unfortunately to my miss judgment as to what time it truly was, I missed my kitchen assignment. But don't worry.... I made it up with my dish detail! We had superb omelets and breakfast burritos. Then we all quickly pitched in to get all the cleaning assignments done so that we could pack up and head home. We heroically only produced .5 pounds of garbadge a day per a person while the national average is over two. We bid our final good byes to our wonderful host Hau and took our last pictures to stake our claims in the Capitol Reef Field Station history books. We lumbered or rather rushed to the van and hauled it home.
We made stunning time and were quite pleased when our cell phones finally had reception to tell our loved ones we were indeed still alive and on our way home. When we arrived at UVU only a few short hours, we quickly unloaded the baggage, replaced the back seat, emptied the coolers, and said good bye to the good friends we had made on our three day Capitol Reef Field Station adventure.
My dear roommate and I awoke to shouting in the hall and thinking we overslept. However, the ipod showed it was only six something in the morning. Surely after the previous day we were not required to get up so early. So I promptly rolled over to resume my sleep. At that point I noticed the light beams creeping through the blinds on the window. I decided that if I quickly arose out of bed and hurriedly bundled up, I may just make it outside to the phenomenal sunrise. So, I did just that and rushed to a bench to watch the sun come over the breath taking canyon of sky reaching red rock. After about ten minuets I realized that I had missed the sun rise and the sun was up. Yet, the sitting and gazing over the wonderful view was exceptionally peaceful.
Unfortunately to my miss judgment as to what time it truly was, I missed my kitchen assignment. But don't worry.... I made it up with my dish detail! We had superb omelets and breakfast burritos. Then we all quickly pitched in to get all the cleaning assignments done so that we could pack up and head home. We heroically only produced .5 pounds of garbadge a day per a person while the national average is over two. We bid our final good byes to our wonderful host Hau and took our last pictures to stake our claims in the Capitol Reef Field Station history books. We lumbered or rather rushed to the van and hauled it home.
We made stunning time and were quite pleased when our cell phones finally had reception to tell our loved ones we were indeed still alive and on our way home. When we arrived at UVU only a few short hours, we quickly unloaded the baggage, replaced the back seat, emptied the coolers, and said good bye to the good friends we had made on our three day Capitol Reef Field Station adventure.
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