Hello again!
Two days in a row of blogging: it must still be summer ;)
So a couple weeks ago, myself and two friends embarked on a road trip that would eventually lead us to Madison, Wisconsin. Emily, my first friend in college (aside from my roommate that is), got a new job there after graduating a year early and we thought it would be a good excuse to do a little country exploration. We all met up in Davis, California which is about sixty miles from my parents house. From there we drove to Reno, Nevada which was only three hours away, but I have some good friends there who let us crash on their couch (thanks Matt and Miguel!) It was nice to see some familiar faces before setting off again!
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| How many times have you seen this picture? |
Day two was a long one. We drove from Reno, NV down to Salt Lake City, Utah. None of us had been to Salt Lake before, but it took us quite awhile to get there. We stopped just on the other side of the Utah border to stretch our legs and check out the salt flats. The people at the rest stop probably thought we were crazy as were running and jumping all over the crunchy ground.
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Linnea taking the fancy photos :)
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By the time we actually arrived at our hotel, it was dark and we were super hungry. We showered and changed and headed out to a little restaurant called The Copper Onion. The restaurant was cozy but still chic and we enjoyed some pasta and a few appetizers. When we got back to our hotel, Emily and I crashed before we had even turned the lights out!
Day three was wonderful, and quite possibly my favorite day of the whole trip. We decided to drive to Uinta National Forest because from a little research we heard that there were some awesome hot springs to check out. We drove in about 10 miles and parked right at the trail head. The walk was just over two miles with a few slight inclines and it was absolutely beautiful. The weather was great and the trail followed the water all the way to the hot springs. The water temp was perfect and we completed about four and a half miles by the end.
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| View from one of the foot bridges |
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The beautiful hot springs!
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| We were so thirsty by the end that we stuck our water bottle straws in our ice bags from the cooler! |
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| Post hike "ussie" |
Before leaving Utah Linnea really wanted to stop and visit Arches National Park. We were racing against the sun, but we made it just before the sun disappeared so we were able to check out the amazing red rock formations. We also did some low key bouldering which was quite fun.
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My dad let us take his binoculars and for some reason this totally reminded me of the move Wall-E :)
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By the end of day three, we made it to Parachute, Colorado. Originally we had planned to go a little further, but the weather was insane. There was a torrential down pour, our wiper blades were leaving massive streaks on the windshield and we had a few mini hydroplane scares. As we drove into Parachute, the town's welcome sign read. "Parachute, A Safe Place to Land." Indeed it was!
More on the rest of the trip later!
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