Roadtrip {Colorado, Utah, Arizona & New Mexico}

More pictures! Here are all of the states that weren't SD and WY … so Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico. This includes: Rocky Mountain, Zion, Kaibab, and Grand Canyon national parks and forest. When we first started snapping pictures in Rocky Mountain my camera died, so there is a point where I start using only my phone. Again, just click on the first picture to see it without the junk in front.

From here on these are phone pictures.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. - John Muir

Get My Bags, I'm Leaving

Today is the day I'm leaving with my brother for our week of travels. I really REALLY hope there is nothing I'm forgetting.

Here are some photos from the places we are going that I dug up from my Outside board on Pinterest. I can't wait to have my own to load!! Please do me a huge favor through this next week of sharing my posts to other social media sites because I'm not so sure I will get to share them myself. Thank you!

Moraine Campground in Rocky Mountain

Angel's Landing in Zion

Devils Tower

Lower Falls in Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Arizona

Subway in Zion

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir

7 Days of Driving

This Friday my brother and I are taking a 7 day roadtrip. I know, I know, I just told you about (half of) the destinations for my drive home, but this trip is really getting me pumped. We're hitting up a bunch of National Parks which I have drooled over for years, and never seen. This also means it may be really difficult for me to post during that week, but I will try to at least get some pictures up for you!

The plan is to make a stop at each location, collect a post card, mail it to myself, and then create a book like this one from Curiosity Contained. I plan to do this on my solo trip to Ohio as well. Hopefully it will make for an awesome memoir. . . I really only wish I had found this idea sooner and had done it all summer.

From Curiosity Contained . . . of course theirs is from Paris . . . rude

Why I travel: Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white. – Mark Jenkins