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Last year, almost an exact year, I did a post on my favorite hikes in national parks. Well, in the time that’s passed, I’ve gone to new parks and I’ve gone back to a lot of parks.
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is a little slice of sandy paradise not too far from Kanab, Utah.
It’s the perfect stop if you’re passing through Kanab on your way to or from Zion National Park or as a fun stop on a weekend getaway in southern Utah.
You can either climb the dunes or, if you’re an off-road enthusiast, you can drive your off-highway vehicle there! Just remember, if you’re hiking, keep an eye out for vehicles and if you’re on a vehicle, watch out for hikers!
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This winter I’ve been on a bit of an extended road trip. After spending the Holidays in Wisconsin, I’ve been exploring southern Utah for a little over a month.
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**Hidden Canyon is closed indefinitely due to rockfall (as of August 2022)**
Last year I got the National Geographic Secrets of the National Parks book. I didn’t really look through it until I was home recently. When I was looking through it to get ready for our trip to Zion, I saw a hike I hadn’t heard of before. That hike was Hidden Canyon. Once I read about it, I knew I needed to do it.
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Snow Canyon State Park in Southern Utah is the perfect little day getaway from St. George. It’s a great way to spend a day out hiking while avoiding the crowds in nearby Zion National Park. It’s almost like a mini Zion. Don’t go in expecting huge, towering canyons like Zion, but it’s similar. Just much smaller.
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Over the last few years, I’ve visited Zion National Park quite a few times. I’ve been to the main area of the park and down Kolob Terrace Road, but I hadn’t been to Kolob Canyons yet. I didn’t actually realize it existed until a few months ago. Crazy, right?
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As you know, I was just in Wisconsin for about a month for the holidays. I had all these plans to do all kinds of fun stuff in the area and then it was freezing cold, like below zero the majority of our time there. So all those cool things I wanted to do have to wait for the next trip back.
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Capitol Reef is one of my favorite national parks so far. It has tons of awesome hiking. It’s super close to other awesome parks. It has delicious cinnamon rolls and ice cream. And it’s highly overlooked. I just wanted to share some of my favorite pictures from my visits, my favorite posts from the park, and some of my top tips for visiting.
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Badlands National Park is awesome in the summer, but I wanted to see it in the winter, covered in snow. Now that I’ve seen (almost) all the parks between Utah and Wisconsin in the spring or summer, it’s time to see them in the winter. Everything just looks so different with a layer of snow.
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Aufwachen kinder! Wir sind in die Alpen!
As you know, Germany was my first trip abroad. I went with my German class my senior year of high school for two weeks. I stayed with a family for five days I think, maybe six, and we traveled around Bavaria the rest of the time. We went to Munich, Rothenberg, Garmisch, and Ravensburg.
I learned a few things while I was there, like try all the candy, and was a little more prepared for future trips abroad. I sort of knew what to expect, but didn’t at the same time. I decided to share some thoughts on my first trip, eight years later.
Outside of dear little Menomonie, Wisconsin, there is a place rumored to be the home of fairies, gnomes, and trolls. That is the Devils Punchbowl, a great place for a short visit any time of year, but this visit was in the winter.
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It was a cold winter Friday (I’m assuming) in Menomonie, Wisconsin, when me and my roommate and two friends decided to drive up to Duluth, Minnesota just for funsies.
We didn’t really know what we wanted to do there other than see Gooseberry Falls. So, of course, we packed up the car and headed out!
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I say it all the time. I can’t wait to go back! I feel like I say it about everywhere I go, but I decided to choose the ten places I want to go back to the most. There are all kinds of reasons I want to go back. I didn’t spend enough time there. I just love it that much. The food. The scenery. Everything.
These are the ten places I would love to go back to and why, in no particular order. I saw a similar post on World of Wanderlust and thought it would be fun to do myself. Unfortunately, I don’t have plans to go back to any at the moment, but I know I will sooner than later.
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I don’t talk about it all that much on here because I’ve never had the motivation to go back to find good pictures from my trip. It was also eight years ago, so it’s not super fresh in my brain. I finally decided to take on this task and share some pictures from my first trip abroad.
It was two weeks in Germany and I went with my German class. We went to Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Munich, and Dachau. I stayed with a family for five or six days in Bodnegg outside of Ravensburg. They didn’t have a TV and it was actually kind of exciting not having one. I actually started reading there.
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