We just got back from an awesome vacation in Utah and Wyoming. I raced in two new states and we visited five different brewpubs. I also got to meet up with a sorority sister I hadn’t seen since college graduation and a blogger who I’d never met before. I learned that it’s not totally foolish to escape to Utah in the summer (they had reasonable weather while DC was going through a hellish heat wave.) I also learned that altitude + hiking mountains every day (hello, trashed quads!) does not equal a good race. I’ll have a couple of race reports up in a few days, but I’m waiting for results to post for the second one since I was too wiped at the end to even care about my time LOL. And, contrary to my tweet before the race, I did not, in fact, come in Dead F$%$ing Last. I beat two people.
So, here’s our 10 day vacation in pictures…
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| View on hike to Timpanagos Cave |
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| Park City, Utah |
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| Golden Spike re-enactment |
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| Pioneer Day Parade in Ogden, UT |
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| Dinosaur Park, Ogden, UT |
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| Floating in the Great Salt Lake |
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| Rodeo practice |
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| Pioneer Days rodeo |
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| 71 of the 444 steps at Minnetonka Cave |
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| Hiking up Fossil Butte |
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| Panning for gold at “This is the place” Heritage Park |
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So glad you had fun!!
Love the pics… looks like you had a VERY active vacation!
What an awesome vacation!
Looks like fun! Utah looks beautiful!
Looks like you all had a great time. There seems to be a few blogger that live in utah. Never been there but it looks beautiful.
Looks like a great vacation! And welcome back to the lovely DC weather. 😉
Looks like a great vacation. I would LOVE to take off 10 days. This summer, my vacation has been 1 and / or 2 days off at a time – it sure does make the work week go fast – but it doesn't seem like I am ever away from work for long . . . because I am NOT!
Looks like so much fun! I LOVE the Western states! Sorry about your quads … sounds like the mountain trails got ya!
Is that really a salt lake? Neat!! Glad you had a great trip!!!
That looks like a great trip! Glad you all had fun! 🙂
I LOVE Utah!! It looks like you pretty much hit all the most awesome spots!! Glad you had a fun time!