Hiking Capitol Gorge In Capitol Reef 29Sep18

On the drive from Moab we stopped in Hanksville for lunch and our first major taste of cowboy kitsch in the restaurant (it would not be our last). John Wayne images everywhere and spurs on every piece of hardware. Too, after Moab, we were out of alcohol and just expected to stop along the way to replenish... stop right there - Utah liquor laws are abnormal and little was available but 3.2 beer, except in restaurants. All this aside, the Capitol Gorge hike and hike up to the tanks was keen. A narrow gorge cut by a now dry tributary of the Freemont River was a pioneer road and we saw the Pioneer Register of travelers from the late 1800's and early 1900's along the way as well as views of the Golden Throne. At the end we went vert and climbed to The Tanks -  waterpockets in the rock above the gorge; we saw a small arch there too.