I've been to Colorado and Utah many times, but I continue to be blown away every time I return. The geography is so dynamic you find yourself in constant wide-eyed awe while driving from snow covered peaks to the high desert to the canyon walls. There are roads that stretch for miles and miles, as if you might drive right into the horizon. You'll have the road to yourself and with the right playlist on, you can easily escape reality and lose yourself in the boundless beauty. You'll drive through vacant plateaus that will make you feel like you might be the only human alive. But moments later the Colorado River appears meandering through canyon walls and brick-red monoliths. You'll come upon free range cattle leisurely crossing the road, or desert bighorns scaling the canyon walls. Snow covered peaks rise in the distance. You'll see all of this before you even enter our amazing parks and monuments. The changing scenery is captivating and it's the reason I return again and again. Scroll below for some of my favorite places in the region.
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| Arches National Park - The Windows |
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| Arches National Park - Wolfe Ranch Petroglyphs |
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| Arches National Park - Delicate Arch |
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| Arches National Park - The Windows |
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| Arches National Park |
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| Arches National Park - Park Avenue |
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| Arches National Park - Delicate Arch |
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| Arches National Park - Delicate Arch |
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| Arches National Park - Turret Arch |
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| Arches National Park - Garden of Eden |
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| Arches National Park - Delicate Arch |
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| Dead Horse Point State Park |
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| Dead Horse Point State Park |
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| Canyonlands National Park - Island In the Sky |
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| Canyonlands National Park - Shafer Canyon Overlook |
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| Canyonlands National Park - Island In the Sky |
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| La Sal Mountain Loop |
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| Moab |
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| Moab |
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| Moab |
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| Moab |
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| Moab |
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| Moab |
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| Capitol Reef National Park |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Fruita Historic Distric |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Fruita Schoolhouse |
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| Capitol Reef National Park |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Nels Johnson Bridges |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Nels Johnson/Hickman Bridges Trail |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Hickman Bridge |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Hickman Bridge |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Hickman Bridge |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Sunset Point |
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| Capitol Reef National Park - Goosenecks Overlook |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Colorado National Monument |
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| Clifton, CO |
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| Clifton, CO |
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| Moab, UT |
