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Photos from Arches National Park

  • Our first of the mighty five Utah national parks
  • Driving into the park via scenic hwy 128
  • Our first arch: Pine Tree Arch
  • Tunnel Arch on the devil’s garden trail
  • Landscape Arch, hard to see back there
  • Another view of Landscape Arch, the longest arch in the park
  • Skyline arch
  • Lots of sagebrush contrasting nicely with the red rocks
  • Walking to Sand Dune arch
  • Cool little trail in the canyon
  • Sand Dune Arch, Shelby’s favorite
  • Walking out from Sand Dune arch
  • Fiery Furnace Viewpoint
  • We were unable to do the cool trail that went into the furnace
  • Starting the trail to Delicate Arch
  • I really liked this trail
  • Delicate Arch
  • The arch from the Utah license plate
  • Glad it wasn’t too busy here
  • Back along the same trail
  • Alright last one from the Delicate Arch trail
  • Not sure where we took this, maybe panorama point
  • Driving to the window arches
  • Nice view of the La Sal Mountains
  • Turret Arch
  • Walking the window arch trails
  • North and South Window Arches
  • We didn’t see anyone else on this trail
  • Double Arch
  • Haha a little baby arch
  • Double arch was pretty cool looking
  • One more view east with the contrasting colors
  • Park Ave viewpoint

Photos from Canyonlands National Park

  • I thought the views at this park were the coolest
  • We ate breakfast here
  • The view from the visitor’s center
  • Mesa Arch
  • Would have been cool if we hadn’t just done arches np
  • Shafer Canyon
  • Grand viewpoint at the end of the scenic road
  • These are the views I thought were really cool
  • Orange Cliffs overlook
  • Standing pretty close the the edge
  • Felt like we were looking down from a plane
  • It’s like a canyon in a canyon
  • Canyonception
  • Walking to the upheaval dome
  • Weather hear could have been better
  • Hiding from the wind
  • Shelby almost blew away
  • Nice red rock stairs
  • Here comes the rain
  • Glad we did everything early before the rain came

Photos from Capitol Reef National Park

  • After a day off in Green River we are ready for park number 3
  • Starting our longest hike in Utah
  • The 10 mile Navajo Knobs trail
  • Everything looks slanted
  • Hickman bridge lookout, can you spot the natural bridge?
  • The “castle” rock formation
  • We walked all along and up that ridge in the background
  • Weather was pretty good, but we saw several storms in the distance
  • View from the top
  • Heading back down, luckily it didn’t rain on us
  • Driving the short scenic road in the park
  • We ate dinner around here
  • Panorama point
  • Feeling tired and we still have two more parks left
  • That’s were we hiked to

Photos from Bryce Canyon National Park

  • Alright get ready for some cold looking pictures
  • Who knew southern Utah got this much snow
  • Can’t decide if the snow makes it look better or worse
  • Starting the rim/queens garden/navajo loop trail
  • Good thing we just got some new warm clothes and microspikes
  • Very cool trail down into the canyon
  • The temperature got better, and I actually got a little warm
  • This trail (and park) were way too busy
  • Walking amonst the hoodoos
  • Loved the green trees, red rocks, and white snow
  • Last pic from the trail
  • Bryce Point view
  • Inspiration Point view

Photos from Zion National Park

  • 5th and final Utah national park
  • Woke up early for a sunrise hike
  • Canyon overlook trail
  • Overlooking the canyon
  • It was very cold and windy here
  • Starting the west rim trail to scout lookout
  • Very step trail with very rewarding views
  • Almost to the top
  • 21 switchbacks at the very end!
  • View at the top was just okay
  • Wide angle lens for the win
  • Heading back down through this lovely canyon
  • This was our favorite view from the west rim trai
  • Hiking the river walk now
  • Saw lots of these small waterfalls
  • Temple of Sinawava
  • The Virgin River
  • A rare pic of the trail without a ton of people
  • Started to rain, kind of scenic
  • Driving out on another scenic road

Other Photos from Utah

  • Entering Utah on Grand Army of The Republic Highway
  • Nice first impression of Utah
  • Driving all the way across Utah in 1 day
  • Sand Beach View Area
  • Ghost Rock View Area
  • Drove through this crazy canyon on I70
  • Decided to take a pic of this nice mesa
  • Very cold here at Crescent Junction Rest Area
  • Scenic route 128
  • Very scenic drive along the Colorado river
  • Same river as the hoover damn
  • Heading to arches national park
  • Spent two nights at this Love’s in Green River
  • Meal prep for the week of National Parks in Utah
  • Driving to Capitol Reef national Park, View of the Henry Mountains
  • Sleeping here after Capitol Reef
  • Awesome sunrise in the morning
  • Not sure this was worth the mouse we picked up here
  • Driving to Bryce Canyon national park
  • Not what I expect for driving in southern Utah
  • Great views along the Utah 12 scenic byway
  • Another pic along the road to Bryce Canyon
  • Driving through Monument Valley
  • Forrest Gump shot
  • Very expansive
  • Glad we didn’t pay $8 just to go to the scenic phot spot
  • Driving along the road was enough
  • Mexican hat rock
  • I don’t think this rock had a name
  • Valley of the Gods

TRIP STATS

Days Traveling: 365

Miles Driven: 34500

Average MPG: 37.6

States Visited: 48

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