If you had the option of either traveling to Utah for a swing through its national parks, or to California to sample its national parks, which would you choose?

True, California has Yosemite and Sequoia and Lassen Volcanic and Redwood just to name four, and overall more national parks

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Cherries bursting with flavor, juicy peaches and apples, pears and apricots. Those are some of the tasty treasures that await you at Capitol Reef National Park, and they’re yours for the pickin’.

There also are some almond and walnut trees in historic Fruita, a settlement dating to 1880 when Mormon missionaries came to the area.

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The term “living history” is often applied to programs using costumed interpreters, but it can also have another, more literal application: historic orchards.

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The term “living history” is often applied to programs using costumed interpreters, but it can also have another, more literal application: historic orchards.

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Last year’s travels took me to half a dozen national parks new to my resume. This year there are five new ones and five old friends on the horizon. A guy could do worse.

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