Centered in the Saddle

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen some photos of pretty awesome landscapes in Colorado and Utah last week. It was fairly epic.

States visited: 2
Miles driven: 1,300
Miles hiked: 50
Elevation gained on foot: 6,730 feet
Highest point of elevation: 12,095 feet at Independence Pass

Highest elevation of the trip.

Gussied up.

This is where the wedding happened. It’s kinda cool.

Outdoor weddings attended during a thunderstorm: 1
Hot springs soaked in: 8 (many pools, one place, different temperatures)
Times I cried while watching wild mustangs: 1

Gallons of water ingested: Infinite
Gallons of water sweated out: Also infinite
Accidental sunburns: 1
Times I panicked from fear of heights: 1
Times someone squealed “horsies!” when driving past a field of horses: Uncountable
Wild animals spotted: 11 (mustangs, elk, mule deer, pronghorn, gray fox, pallid bats, armadillo, peregrine falcon, canyon tree frog, turkeys, skinks)

Strange domesticated animals spotted: 3 (ostriches, bison, longhorn)
State parks visited: 1
National parks/forests/monuments visited: 7
Times we drove around on random BLM land and feared we might get stranded in the literal middle of nowhere: 1
Times we got stranded in the literal middle of nowhere: 0
Times per day I said “wow” or called something “amazing”: approximately 1500

Favorite photos taken: Too many to count, so here’s a hodge podge of ones I love.

Prettiest alpine meadow.

We are sitting on that rock.

Utah is weird.

Arch.

A Sconnie in the wild.

Seriously though.

How does this even exist.

I look cute but really I was just hot and looking for shade.

Big ol’ nope for me.

We hiked up that.

Best view ever.