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Yeah, Matt said that he could look at me while I did that :lol:

I'd still break it. Oh, it was. My problem is sand. I always get sand in places where sand does not belong. Like in lenses. And thanks!

I think it's officially donezo. It no longer works.

If it was a copy of the seventh BOOK that hadn't been released yet, I could understand the strife, but really? All the information about what happens is already out.

Yes, agreed. I never realized Utah had so much to offer. I would have loved to go to Zion, but it's so expensive! It's something like 30 dollars just to get in, then you have to pay a lot (as well as wait on a waiting list) to get backcountry permits, and it's also super crowded. Whereas...

Finally! The top!: It was so beautiful. DAY FOUR I only took a few pictures for the rest of the trip, mostly because I just didn't feel like taking anymore, but also because my camera decided to stop working regularly. But it's okay. This day we ended up hiking 22 miles. We...

After, it was back to hiking in the river: Then we had to scramble up some rocks. Not these ones, they were on the other side from us: The sun was setting quickly, and we had to get up to the top soon: Climbing higher: This is where the creek started...

We ended up playing in this really idyllic oasis-type area with some nice wading pools and really cook clay-mud. We got really wet and dirty, and after a short break, we had to clean up and head back out: Our Eden: Very relaxing: Further down we found this beauty: And...

A double arch somewhere along the trail. So stunning: We took a snack break inside a gnarled tree: Brian found a cool pinecone: Some cool features on a climbing break: Myself up high: And working my way back down. It was pretty steep...

DAY THREE We woke up with the sun and made a hearty breakfast of oatmeal and grape nuts, then drove into the park to obtain our backcountry permits. They were free, and we decided to hike both the Upper and Lower Muley Twist Canyon trails. They were two loops that looked like they would last...

Cassidy Arch; or, the reason we were hiking here: Matt and I decided to go on top of it: A close-up: Myself looking into the space below the arch: I love seeing the moon in the daytime: Thus ends day two.

You can see Brian's car way down there: The Nipple and the Rock Chicken all in one shot: But the hike wasn't done here. We climbed back down to the trail and made our way to the arch, still about a mile down the trail: The landscape was super dynamic. The formation types...

We eventually decided to make out way up to the little feature on the top left: But first a little reflection time: Then we climbed. I was a novice, so Brian took the end of the train just in case I fell. He could then break my fall: Some views from our summit:

The sun was beginning to set a little bit, which made for some really dramatic light features in the gorge: The view down into the gorge after setting out: And looking out: Myself looking out: Across the gorge we found a rock formation that looked a little...

Most of the rocks were pockmarked with these really mysterious holes. They were beautiful: For perspective: The back of Brian's head and the mountain across from us as we hiked: A lot of the rocks had some really beautiful and strange color designs:

There were old mines in the Grand Wash, where we went for our short hike: This formation was called "Fern's Nipple," which, I admit, is appropriate, but still a little weird:

Eventually we reached the entrance to the park!: Cool formations all around, with the Henry Mountains in the background: Closed: From the Visitor's Center parking lot:

Pretty soon we saw this sign: But there was still a long way to go, so we took a p e e break along the side of the road outside of Sigurd: As we kept driving, we ran into a typical roadside hazard of the West: The landscape was really snowy, which kind of killed my spirit, seeing as I...

DAY TWO We woke up in Salt Lake City and decided to make a delicious breakfast of various forms of egg. I had my first ever poached egg, and apart from the slime-like texture, I enjoyed it. The three of us, along with Brian's friend Charlie, went to a park to slackline a little bit in the...

Utah trip report has commenced.