One of Utah’s Mighty Five, Arches National Park, has the densest concentration of natural sandstone arches in the world with more than 2,000 arches identified throughout the park – woah! The history and geology of this area is simply fascinating and ever changing. Over the course of 65 million years, what started as a dry seabed with these red rock …
How to Spend One Day at Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park was the third official stop on our Southwest U.S. national parks road trip (after Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park). We spent almost a full day here before driving to Arches National Park. Capitol Reef is one of the lesser known Utah national parks, making it a hidden treasure of undiscovered cliffs, canyons, domes …
Hiking the Stunning Lower Calf Creek Falls Trail in Escalante
After visiting Bryce Canyon National Park, we continued our Utah Mighty Five Southwest road trip with a stop at the Lower Calf Creek Falls Trail in Escalante, Utah. Here, we hiked to Lower Calf Creek Falls, one of the few active waterfalls in the southern Utah desert, and were blown away by its beauty. This post focuses on how to …
How to Spend One Day in Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park was the second stop on our epic Southwest U.S. road trip, following Zion National Park. We spent just one day here, allowing for ample time to visit Utah’s other national parks. Situated on a high plateau at the top of the Grand Staircase, Bryce Canyon has the highest elevation of the “Mighty 5” Utah national parks …
How to Plan Your Epic Three-Day Zion Adventure
Zion National Park was Utah’s very first national park, and it’s one of the most visited in the whole country! Best known for its incredible canyons, Zion is one of the world’s most popular places for canyoneering and offers other activities like hiking, camping, backpacking, climbing and more. Zion can be a perfect add-on to a longer trip, or it …
How to Spend Time in Copenhagen, Denmark: 4-Day Guide
After a fun, albeit quick, trip to Stockholm, Sweden, my friend, Stephanie, and I were off to spend some time in Copenhagen, Denmark! Getting to Copenhagen We left from Stockholm Central Station early in the morning and took a five hour or so train ride to Copenhagen. Tickets were around $50 per person through GoEuro at the time. When we …
How to Spend Three Days in Stockholm, Sweden
At the beginning of 2017, I asserted that I was going to travel to Europe at least once that year, and somehow I ended up receiving two separate invitations to do just that! My friend, Stephanie, had a friend living in Stockholm, Sweden and invited me to come along on her visit. We would start our journey here and then …
How To Plan Your Own 10-Day Iceland Road Trip
Back in 2019, my boyfriend, two friends of ours, and I took a road trip around Iceland and had the most amazing time exploring some of what this amazing country has to offer! Based on my own experiences exploring here, I’m sharing our 10-day itinerary, along with some photos, interesting information about each spot, and my personal opinions. Our route …
Our Amazing 10 Day Road Trip Around Iceland
2019 was a special year for me – not only because I was turning 30, but also because I had so many incredible trips planned. My friend, Abby, and I had been looking forward to visiting Iceland for years. And, luckily for me, Abby is an avid planner! She pretty much squared away every last detail of our trip before …
A Quick, Little Getaway to Texas Hill Country
After our trip to Fredericksburg, TX, Sara and I had that itch to travel – even more so than the past year when we couldn’t! Even so, neither of us had been vaccinated yet, though we both are now…yay! With that in mind, we were trying to come up with some more ideas to travel “locally”, i.e. within Texas, but …