If Utah travel is on your bucket list, or if you’re already in the planning stages for your trip, you’ve come to the right place. This is an epic guide for 2 weeks in Utah, filled with tons of outdoor adventure and cultural discovery, based off the exact trip I took in 2024. I didn’t…
Exploring all five national parks in Utah is one of the most epic road trips you can take. And of those “Mighty 5”, your 2 days in Zion will probably feel the most epic of all. While every other park can technically be done in only a day, Zion definitely requires at least two to…
Don’t let this simple itinerary for one day in Bryce Canyon fool you–this park packs a punch! Bryce Canyon was the fourth park out of Utah’s “Mighty 5” that we visited, so we had done a fair amount by this point. However, we were blown away by how unique each park was (especially how unique…
Our one day in Capitol Reef totally surprised us! It’s one of Utah’s “Mighty 5” that I feel like a lot of people skip, but we had an incredible time eating a huge cinnamon roll, spotting petroglyphs, and doing a really rewarding hike with otherworldly views. (Best spot for lunch ever??) When we visited in…
During our bucket list trip to Utah to hike the Mighty 5, we spent one day in Canyonlands National Park. This was one of the parks (along with Capitol Reef) that I didn’t know much about. You don’t hear it talked about as often as Arches or Zion, for example, and I noticed when doing…
We started our epic road trip across Utah with one day in Arches National Park. Of course, one day is never enough to do it all, but we were able to get a really good feel for this park with the time we had. If you only have one day in Arches, I do recommend…
This spring I got to check another thing off my bucket list: riding the California Zephyr! The California Zephyr is an Amtrak train that takes you from Chicago to San Francisco in about 52 hours, if you do the whole route. My boyfriend and I were headed to Utah to visit Salt Lake City and…