Category: Utah

Capitol Reef National Park, National Park, USA, Utah

My 11 Favorite Pictures From Capitol Reef National Park + Tips For Visiting

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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Lake Powell, USA, Utah

Exploring Glen Canyon: Cathedral in the Desert

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**Due to water levels, Cathedral in the Desert may not be totally or easily accesible. If you can get to it, it will probably look very different than these pictures.**

This wasn’t my first time in Cathedral in the Desert, but it was a totally different experience from the first time.  Cathedral in the Desert is in the Escalante River arm of Lake Powell, Clear Creek Canyon specifically. 

It’s one of those places on the lake you just have to see.  It’s easy to get to and easy to find, which makes it even better to visit.

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Capitol Reef National Park, National Park, USA, Utah

A Little Taste Of Fall In Capitol Reef

The first day my parents were visiting we had a solid plan: take Burr Trail all the way to Burr Trail Grill in Boulder then go to Capitol Reef to see the Pioneer Register again (they hadn’t seen it yet) and pick apples in the orchard at Capitol Reef, finally!  I wanted to pick fruit last year, but we didn’t know how it worked, couldn’t figure it out, and didn’t have any money so we didn’t do it, but now I knew and I was EXCITED!

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Arizona, Monument Valley, USA, Utah

Yah’ah’ teh’ From Monument Valley

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I finally made it to Monument Valley.  And went on the Moki Deathway.  And saw Muley Point.  It was an exciting, but long, day in the desert.  My parents were visiting and we were trying to decide what to do on the second day.  Someone went to Monument Valley a couple weeks before and it made me really want to go.  I mean, I was only three hours away the whole time, so it felt like an overdue visit.  Also, good to know, Yah’ah’ teh’ is the Navajo word for hello.

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USA, Utah

Explore Natural Bridges National Monument On Your Utah Road Trip

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Natural Bridges National Monument was the one place I kept telling myself I was going to go to last year and I never did.  This year on our way home from camping in Bears Ears we finally decided to stop.  I mean, they are on the same road so we didn’t really have an excuse to not go.  So go, we did.

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State Parks, USA, Utah

Scorched At Sand Hollow State Park

Last year I remember reading a blog post about Sand Hollow State Park.  I got confused and was thinking of Snow Canyon State Park.  I looked up both and they both looked cool, so in the morning before we went to Zion, we stopped at Sand Hollow for like, 30 minutes and left because it was so hot, not because it was terrible.  Sand Hollow is a reservoir state park just outside of Hurricane, not too far from fellow reservoir and state park, Quail Creek.

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National Park, USA, Utah, Zion National Park

Wet ‘N Wild In The Zion Narrows

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I finally did it!  I finally hiked The Narrows!  See, this is a big deal for me because as most of you know (or are about to learn) I do not like water activities.  I like being on water, but not in water.  

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Capitol Reef National Park, National Park, USA, Utah

A Pit Stop In Capitol Reef: Hiking The Capitol Gorge Trail To The Pioneer Register And The Tanks

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On our way back from Great Basin we ended up passing through Capitol Reef, which we do a lot, but we decided to stop and make the drive into Capitol Gorge.

Last year we made a quick stop there, but we didn’t go to the end of the road, this time we did.  I don’t think we had the intentions to do much hiking, or any, really, but we set off to see the Pioneer Register anyways.

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Capitol Reef National Park, National Park, USA, Utah

The Desert Narrows: Sulphur Creek In Capitol Reef

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After first hearing about the Sulphur Creek hike on a podcast, I knew I had to do it.  I started thinking of it as the desert narrows.  Yes, the narrows in Zion technically are the desert, but this actually felt like desert.  

I finally hiked part of the narrows in Zion the week before, still out of order, I know, and now I got to do Sulphur Creek to compare them.  This is the perfect hot weather day hike in Capitol Reef.

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Arches National Park, National Park, USA, Utah

A Quick Visit To Arches National Park

This was my third visit to Arches National Park and probably won’t be my last.  It was the first National Park I ever visited, and now I’m hooked, not just to Arches, but visiting all the parks.  We visited back in April, late, I know, and I wasn’t expecting it to be as busy as it was, which was very busy.  We ended up only doing a short hike to Sand dune arch before deciding to head out.

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Canyonlands National Park, National Park, USA, Utah

Canyonlands National Park In An Afternoon

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No, no, no.  I’m not saying you can see the whole of Canyonlands National Park in an afternoon.  But you can do some hiking in at least one district and maybe start off in the other in the morning.  I’ll just assume you’re staying in Moab and I would recommend a visit to Island in the Sky first, then head over to the needles for a little break from the crowds of Moab.

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USA, Utah

A Day In The Henry Mountains

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Since the Henry Mountains are practically in my backyard, I figured it was time to explore them.  I made one whole trip there last year and that was just to Star Springs Campground.  This time we ended up driving almost all of Hillers Loop around Mount Hillers.  As an introduction to the Henry’s, it.  Was.  Awesome.  Mountain views all around.  Desert views all around.  Snow.  Creeks.  An old mine.  Seriously cool.

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Bryce Canyon National Park, National Park, USA, Utah

Third Time’s The Charm: Hiking Navajo Loop (Finally)

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Bryce Canyon National Park is one of my favorites, at least after my latest visit.  If you’ve been here for a while you probably know I’ve been twice before, once a year the last three years now.  (In 2021 we stopped by again just to get a park mug!)

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