I’ve just returned from 12 days in the Martian landscape of southern Utah, a.k.a. Greater Zion. I’d highly recommend a visit if you’ve never been. From a very well developed home base of St. George, you can visit glorious national parks to your heart’s content in very doable day trips—the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (about 2hr 40min); Bryce Canyon (about 1hr 40min); Zion (40-50min); Antelope Canyon (2hr 50min). And that doesn’t include local park Snow Canyon, which itself feels like a mini-national park, with easily walkable/bike-able trails and hikes over boulders among cacti.
We got food recommendations from my wife’s favorite interior designer and friend Sarah at Room for Tuesday, who lives in Salt Lake City, and every single one was incredible. Hit me up if you want the list (we also would recommend the place we stayed, which was very nice but affordable; hit me up for that rec too if you’re interested).
While away, my wife and I signed closing documents on a new house in our new city of Cincinnati, Ohio. And so we’ve been busy deep cleaning (the previous owners left it… filthy), then moving our stuff over.
But this post is about Utah. Hands down the most surreal place is Bryce Canyon. It feels like you’re in a movie set when you’re there.
I think the reason is that there are things in the immediate foreground, the mid-ground, the middle distance, and the distance… and as you walk, all those items are moving in your field of vision at different speeds. It’s not like the Grand Canyon, which is breathtaking as you survey it from above then grow accustomed to fairly quickly. It’s three-dimensional as you move; and if you go near the golden hours, the light is absolutely magical.
Please enjoy some of the photos I shot of the sights we saw.
