Once upon a time when I was a young and in college I took a geography class. I actually took a lot, but this one was just basic physical geography. One of the introductory questions was, "if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?" I was fairly unambitious then, and I honestly had no interest in travel for some reason. So I just wrote, "somewhere warm and dry, no snow." The professor thought that was pretty funny and I forgot about it. I remembered that the other day though, when I was thinking about everywhere I want to go. I went from being content to stay where I was to wanting to see everything. I don't know why it changed and I don't know if it's for good or bad. Is it better to be content with how things are or is that apathetic? Is wanting to travel everywhere too much like being ungrateful for what you have? I guess like everything else in life it's a balance. But for the record, here's a brief list of places I'd like to see: Japan, Machu Picchu, the San Juan Islands, Arizona, southern Utah, the Oregon Coast, Tennessee, and Europe (I want to see a lot of European countries but I haven't decided which ones I want to see most).

So speaking of traveling, we just go back from Moab with Tyler's family. I love southern Utah. The first time we went, I didn't understand why people from all over the world would ever want to come to Utah, but I get it now. It's one of my favorite places.

First we went to Little Wild Horse Canyon. It was so empty, we only ran into one other group of people, and they were mostly kids between one and five so we were able to pass them. The slot canyon part was a lot skinnier than I remembered it being. I wondered if the rocks moved closer together since the last time we went, but that's not super likely.

Then we went to Goblin Valley, and it was also super empty.

If you look closely,  you can see a little rainbow above the hills.

Canyonlands

This one would have made a better picture if I could have taken it from further away. To give perspective, this is at the Shafer Road viewpoint place, the one where you walk down some steps out onto the rock. I don't know if that description actually helped. I tried. I'm not a writer.

Arches National Park

The Delicate Arch

Devil's Garden

So this hike I thought was really scary because last time we tried we turned around, the wind was so strong I felt like I'd be blown off the cliff. But when I went back this time, it wasn't even scary, and it turned out to be worth it. The Double-O Arch at the end was really cool. The Dark Angel was disappointing. Or else we got it confused with a different rock and didn't actually see the Dark Angel.

We looked for Tyler's hat but couldn't find it. 

The Double-O Arch

 Apparently all the men on the trip were having a contest to see who could climb the highest and do the most daring feats. I know mom always doesn't like watching Tyler climb all over the arches, so she would not have liked seeing how high everyone was going on this trip. But luckily we all made it home safely and the pictures turned out cool.