Utah's National Parks Trip: Day 1 (Arrival)
We had originally planned to see 4 of Utah's parks and managed to squeeze in the 5th one at the last minute so we saw them all in one week. And we felt like we did a great job seeing a wide variety at each park too. Going with 2 teen/young adults I kept each day's schedule wide open and just went by a majority rules kind of vote on what to do when.
We were up very early on Saturday morning May 2nd to be out of the house by 4:30 and our way to the airport. We flew from Providence to Salt Lake City, Utah (with a stop in Mid-way Chicago). We saw sunrise at the airport.
Each flight was around 3 hours long and we landed in Utah around lunch their time. It was neat to see the snow covered mountains on our way in.
After picking up our luggage and car rental we found a place to eat lunch-- they happened to be serving brunch so I opted for yogurt/granola.
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| Legends Pub & Grill |
Then we piled in the car for our 4 hour drive out to Moab. It was long but very, very pretty with ever changing mountain views and rock colors all around us.
(these mountain photos loaded in reverse)
We checked into our AirB&B, got settled, wrote up a grocery list and headed out to dinner. I didn't really think to take any photos of our rental but we were in a little cul-de-sac of these adobe looking condos. It had 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and great views of the mountains.
We had an amazing dinner here... but I was so hungry I forgot to take any photos.
Then we ended our night grocery shopping. We found pink pineapples! Have you seen these? I've seen them on other's blogs but I never tried them. Since they were the only pineapples in the store we gave them a try. They are very good (and were pretty cheap too which I guess is kind of unheard of with this variety?).
We finally fell into bed around 8:30/9:00 Moab time which felt like 11 to us.. meaning we'd been awake for 19 hours or more!
From this trip:
Day 7: Red Canyon & Travel home
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It looks like a pretty start to the trip and you hadn't gotten to any of the parks yet :). I have never heard of pink pineapples. Those views are so pretty! Abby wants to return to Utah this summer. Not sure if we're going to make it; I have a feeling your posts are going to definitely make me want to return!
ReplyDeleteOH I bet this will! My husband and I have already started talking about what national parks we want to visit next..
DeleteOh I cannot wait to follow along. Looks like a beautiful area!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI've never seen a pink pineapple. Sounds like a great start to the trip!
ReplyDeleteThey're definitely a bit different from traditional pineapples but we liked them.
DeleteThe road scenery in Utah is even amazing! I love it there.
ReplyDeleteIt really is! I felt like the scenery changed enough to keep me interested but it's so odd to us to be able to see so far at one stretch.
DeleteWhew, that is a long first day of travel. I always feel like it is a long day when we have a drive waiting for us after our flight. Can't wait to see more!
ReplyDeleteYes! I definitely think driving after flying makes for such a long day.
DeleteIt looks beautiful there. We've been through that area before, but just traveling through.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of pink pineapples!
This was my first encounter with Utah!
DeleteThat's a whirlwind and you were really on the go. And no, I've never heard of a pink pineapple -- they're pretty!
ReplyDeleteIt definitely was a whirlwind.
DeleteI love how you travel to out of the way places and go to the natiional parks. You know when you turn 60 you can get a park pass for a discount??
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Jodie
Yep; we're already talking about the Lifetime Pass (but you have to be 62!).
DeleteI've been looking forward to hearing all about your Utah National Parks trip, Joanne! As a Utah native, I'm pretty proud of our beautiful state. ;-) I haven't tried pink pineapple, but if I come across one, I will now.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely!
DeleteWhat gorgeous scenery! But, gosh, what a long day! I'm glad you had such short flights as those can be so wearing. I also have never heard of a pink pineapple.
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It was a LONG day! Knowing that ahead of time helped.
DeleteBeautiful photos for day 1. Sounds like a fun trip and plan for your travels.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteHow wonderful - the pics are great. Looking forward to following this adventure!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteOh, I have had so much fun reading this!!! I can’t until I see this in person ONE day. Thank you for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome!
DeleteThat sounds, and is, a long travel. But I'm sure it was worth it.
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely worth it.
DeleteIt sounds like you had a fantastic trip! How great that you saw all of Utah's parks. Fantastic photos, the scenery is just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI loved that we got to squeeze all 5 parks into our week!
DeleteI've always wanted to go to Salt Lake City.
ReplyDeleteIt's a much bigger and busier city than I imagined.
DeleteI fly through SLC later this summer. Oh, the pink pineapple looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty airport as far as airports go.
DeleteWhat a long day, but so worth it just for that beautiful scenery! Off to catch up on day 2. 😊
ReplyDeleteThankfully it didn't really fell that long until we sat down to eat dinner... then we were all pretty tired.
DeleteThe pink pineapple looks delicious. I'm not sure I've ever heard of a pink pineapple before.
ReplyDeleteI had only read about it on someone else's blog but I had never seen any myself.
DeleteSuch beautiful scenery! Ruth@playworkeatrepeat
ReplyDeleteIt really was.
DeleteI've only been to Utah on a layover so I'm excited to see more! I'm so behind on my blog reading, but I'm hoping to finally catch up this weekend!
ReplyDeleteNo worries; May tends to be that way!
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