Utah Here We Come

The Dolphin has been sold but that doesn't mean the adventures stop. Myself and my two friends Sarah and Maggie will be taking a week long road trip to Utah to explore some more national parks. We will be going to Zion national park, Bryce Canyon, and Arches National Park. The good news is we have AC in the car! The plan is to tent camp and to see as much as we can see in that week.

I have missed the Utah landscape and can't wait to get back there to explore some more. I will get to see the arches in Moab that I missed last summer due to road construction. I can't way to hike in Devil's Canyon at the back of the park.

Utah here we come!!

Trip Stats

Final- most accurate mapped route

We drove ~13,000 miles and spent about $4200 on gas. The cheapest we found gas for was about $2.20/ gal and that was in Colorado near 4-corners. We went to almost 30 states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho.

Our favorites:

Alicia- I really enjoyed the National Parks, Arches and Rocky Mountains. Colorado was my favorite state because it reminds me so much of home. The Rocky Mt really blew my mind on its beauty. The lush greenery and the transition to snow caps. I also loved driving through green valleys to get to Sand Dunes Nat'l Park. As far as night life goes Austin, Tx was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed our river float in Austin. I also thoroughly enjoyed my relaxation time on the Florida beaches with Mexico Beach being my favorite.

Natalie- She loved the desert the most. Arches Nat'l Park had been her dream location since reading about it in Desert Solitaire. She was most excited about the drive through the Painted Desert, Monument Valley, and Arches. She also really loved the artsy town Taos, in New Mexico. It had so much beauty in the buildings and landscape.

Nick- He loved Moab and Arches NP, he had a lot of fun running around and climbing up the rock formations. He also really loved Colorado and could see himself moving there some day. He was most excited about seeing Yellowstone NP and Wyoming state. He definitely wants to revisit Colorado and Wyoming to see more each state has to offer... and to try some Rocky Mt Oysters :)