Next Stop: Adventure

Category: National Parks & Monuments

Great Smoky Mountain National Park [Mini-Moon]

After the wedding, we knew we wanted to do some sort of “honeymoon” to give us some time to recover and celebrate being married. We want to go to New Zealand, which will definitely happen in the next few years, but we felt that it was economically irresponsible to try to pay for such a […]

April 28, 2016
Moab: Where Adventure Begins [Utah Adventures]

Trip Highlights Arches National Park A Hidden Utah Gem: Dead Horse State Park Experience Moab Brewery, Moab’s Only Microbrewery Day 1 Moab Brewery We left Salt Lake mid-afternoon, arriving in Moab after the 3.5-4 hour trip just in time for dinnertime! We chose to go to Moab Brewery since it offered both Moab-specific beer […]

February 24, 2016
Arches National Park

On Saturday, we woke up to the Amphitheater of Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park. It’s quite the view from Bryce Point in the morning. All of the research I did said that the best place for sunrise was not at Sunrise Point (odd, right?), but at Bryce Point. Erica and I were a little […]

April 1, 2014
Face Your Fears on Angel’s Landing [Zion National Park]

This weekend was a marathon of epic adventures. Erica came for a visit to Salt Lake, and I was determined to show her why Utah is awesome! She wanted to experience mountains, canyons, trees, red rocks, and adventure time. On Thursday, we went skiing/snowboarding. I finally made it down my first green run (not the […]

March 30, 2014
Hiking and Kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park

May 25, 2013 This was a great day! We got up early and headed over to the Abel Tasman Park. We split into two groups and half of us went kayaking while the others hiked to the beach where we kayaked to. After lunch, we switched places. It was a perfect day: the weather was […]

May 25, 2013