Utah's beauty

I love Utah.

I love living in Utah and enjoying all the beauty it holds.

Thanks to my ambitious parents I have been to all of these places in the pics.

(10 kids crammed in a mini van driving all over the state camping and hiking..craziness!!)

Escalante, Utah.

Almost every year my dad would take us kids backpacking down the Escalante.

30 mile round trip, hiking through Utah's beauty.

All we needed we carried on our back: food, clothes, sleeping bag and water (we would fill up with H2o in the natural water pools at every stop)

It was H E A V Y. But we would take 3 or 4 days and hike and hike. It was the hardest thing we ever did : We had to survive mice attacking are food at night, bats flying around our heads at dusk, and 100's and 100's of daddy long legs crawling all around the camp. (thus my fear)

But in the end, through all of the blisters, sunburns, and hungry bellies, my parents taught us to appreciate n a t u r e at it's f i n e s t:

Up close and personal.

No motels, no running water, no fine dining.

Just us with nature.

It was actually quite rewarding. (in hindsight!)

I feel it made me love the outdoors and the beauties of the earth. We would have to climb through rock caves like this one to make it through to Steven's Canyon. After Stevens we would hit the grand Lake Powell! It was quite the sight.

Zion's National Park, Utah (b e a u t i f u l!)

Angel's Landing

(do you Utah peeps recognize the scary drop off?!)

Hiked it many times.....

BUT I stop where the lady is standing.

No thank you.

The 5 mile windy hike up was good enough for me. No need to see where the "angel's land." That skinny little metal rope is all you have between death and you! My whole family would hike up to the top no problem. My only true P H O B I A in life : heights! S C A R Y.

My hearts beats so fast just looking at that pic....

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

Beautiful red rock winding down through the rock canyon.

It boast 378 miles of colorful canyons, ridges, buttes, and monoliths...

ahhhh beautiful.

I collected my favorite rocks from Capitol Reef.

Canyonlands or aka "Dead Horse Point" State Park:

"the gooseneck of the Colorado River"

Breathtaking in person.

It is truly a beauty to behold.....

We have been quite a few times traveling through Utah.

Moab, Utah

Arches National Park

The favorite: Delicate Arch.

Amazing. Wondrous.

(should be one of the seven wonders...)

As you drive through the canyon, you can't take your eyes off the landscape....arches line the park. There are over 2,000 natural sandstone arches. You can't believe they are all made by the forces of nature over millions of years.


Okay I need to stop. I need to do a part 2 and 3 because I could go and on.....we have been to many other places....but

Soon we are off to Moab Utah.

Big Brown family gathering.

My parents idea of getting us all together A G A I N and enjoying mother nature at it's finest.....

time for the grand kids to start exploring Utah's beauty!

Thanks mom and dad....cya all soon...

Cat Stevens, 'The Wind'