We arrived into Salt Lake City around 1pm and decided to head over to our hotel and check in. We arrived on a particularly rainy day and there ...
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We arrived into Salt Lake City around 1pm and decided to head over to our hotel and check in. We arrived on a particularly rainy day and there happened to be a large rain storm that was hovering directly over Salt Lake City, so it was hard to enjoy a view of the city nestled in amongst the Wasatch Mountain range. In any case, at times it would clear up and we decided to venture out around town. We headed downtown to check things out and ended up at the Clark Planetarium. This is a science museum centered around a space theme. There is a parking garage under the museum and it's a good central s...
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So I'm not too big on describing things in flowing romantic prose. In fact, most of my thought process seems to happen in bullets. So here we go. ...
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So I'm not too big on describing things in flowing romantic prose. In fact, most of my thought process seems to happen in bullets. So here we go. Hitting up four national parks, in this order - Bryce Canyon National Park - Arches National Park - Glen Canyon NP (specifically Lake Powell and Antelope Canyon) - Grand Canyon (I know, it's not in Utah, but we'd have been fools to skip it) I used this travel book to figure out which trails to hike: Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country by Kathy and Craig Copeland The authors are knowledgeable, but a little condescending. I recommend it noneth...
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It was a really long drive. We got a late start Thursday and drove through storms so we didn't get as far as we planned. I couldn't drive any farther ...
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It was a really long drive. We got a late start Thursday and drove through storms so we didn't get as far as we planned. I couldn't drive any farther so we pulled off in Stuart, Iowa. All the hotels were full. I couldn't drive any more so we spent the night in the car in the McDonald's parking lot. I woke up at 6 and we headed out. The drive through Nebraska was so boring we thought it would never end, but it was a beautiful drive up the mountain through Roosevelt National Forest to Estes Park, Colorado, where our campground is. We're feeling much better now after getting cleaned up. After we ...
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