We stayed at Thousand Lakes RV Park in Torrey Utah. Torrey is a quaint little town and it was their Apple Days celebration weekend. Here was the view from our camper:
We even got a bike ride in our last night there:
The Capital Reef is a wrinkle in the earth, a water pocket fold that extends 100 miles from the Capital Reef to Lake Powell. I did not notice this fold until we drove to the end of the scenic route and traveled back. There is a definite tilt in the earth. I had a hard time wrapping my head around a water pocket fold. Here is a link to the National Park Service publication that makes it easy to understand.
https://www.nps.gov/care/learn/nature/geology.htm
We started the day with a recommended hike to the Hickman Natural Bridge. It was listed as moderate. It was roughly a 2 mile hike round trip, with some steep inclines and loose gravel that made footing sketchy . I slipped twice, thank God it was in the lower areas and not in the higher points near a drop off. 
Finally- the reveal:
Half way up this hike, Terri and I ran into a husband and wife who had an elderly woman with them. This woman had to be in her eighties. This was a moderate hike, in 90 degree + heat. Terri wanted to call Area Agency on Ageing. We don’t know if she went all the way to the bridge, but even half of this hike would be too much for someone of that age. A younger couple had turned around because they did not have trekking poles.
Another family was hiking together and there was a younger boy who was playing under a small arch some distance from us. His Aunt yelled, “Hi Cooper!” and he yelled back to his Aunt… Terri thought the woman called him “Pooper” and Terri yelled, “Hi Pooper!” – We are not going to die falling off a cliff, we will be shot by angry tourists!
I almost tripped over this spike-
We had some fun posing in the rocks:
Going back was a bit easier:
So after the hike, we stopped at the Gifford store and museum. We bought a small apple pie and some Peach preserves. We saw signs to pick your own apricots- so we did:
Terri is not stealing, you are allowed to eat as many as you want and then its $1:00/lbs. Terri pronounces Apricots with a long A, I pronounce it with a short A. So we compromised and just called them “cots” like the locals.
The trees were picked over, but two pounds of cots were plenty. They were very good and the deer obviously think so too. I was this close- no need to zoom my I Phone camera:
I’m not sure if these photos really show the tilt, but I could definitely see it driving along the scenic route.
Great day at the Capital Reef NP, Utah. We spent the following day relaxing at the campground and did a short bike ride in the evening.