Spring Break 2014 - Utah

We had a fantastic 9 days of Spring Break enjoying just some of what Utah has to offer.  If you haven't seen the recent Utah travel commercials... I'm going to give you one in the next five posts or so.  We had a fantastic time enjoying our new digs in Park City, but we also got to go down to Moab and enjoy Southern Utah and a couple National Parks.  The added bonus, Uncle Dave & Aunt Venita (aka Neenee) also came with us.  We had a really fantastic time with them.  Lily was definitely in heaven.

After arriving in Park City on Saturday, we settled into our new condo in Park City.  The new condo is great, but we headed right out early on Sunday to take the 4 hour drive to Moab.  We took the scenic route over the mountains past Heber City, Strawberry Reservoir and then dropped down to Price before heading out to Moab.  The terrain is varied and interesting to say the least.  Our first animal spotting was antelope.

On Sunday we went right into Canyonlands National Park and hit Dead Horse Point State Park.  Hope you enjoy the pictures maybe even a fraction of what we enjoyed the views in person.

The Colorado River cuts through both Canyonlands and the Grand Canyon.  While the Grand Canyon is indeed beautiful, Canyonlands is much less touristy and seems to go on forever.

Chris and I drove this rode below the last time we were at Canyonlands (some 13 years ago).  At which time we got a flat tire with no AAA around to speak of.  Dave wasn't up for driving it this time around.  Can't say I really blame him.