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The black sand beach was incredible, worth the hassle of getting permits and planning it all out. The black sand was extremely unique and more than I expected it to be, especially in contrast to the bright blue water. Would highly recommend to anyone going to Maui as a must.

One of the coolest trails I have ever hiked, out of this world. Started off with a really dense and cool bamboo forest and moved into a series of river crossings and waterfalls and pools.

Even though we got skunked on the upper half of the national park and got completely rained out and were not able to see anything on the volcano side of things we got to visit it on the coastal section for a huge waterfall and another great trail through the jungle.

The road to Hana is a long stretch of road along the coast, with hundreds of tight corners and nearly as many waterfalls. One of the sketchiest roads I have ever driven but it was so worth it because the scenery was absolutely stunning, coastal views and waterfalls were along the whole road, I took some pictures of a few of them but didn't even get close to capturing all of them.

This may have been my favorite place from the entire trip to Maui, the red sand against the turquoise water was incredible, we got lucky to and got it to ourselves for lots of the time. Had the chance to swim in it as well and that was awesome!

There must be over a hundred beaches on Maui and we had the chance to hit up a lot of them. Some of them are better than others, of course the red sand and black sand beaches were awesome but we are talking about classics here. Sitting on the fine sand and enjoying the sun was great no matter which beach it was. Makena beach was cool, Big beach was also amazing and riding the huge waves were a blast. Baldwin beach was massive and the first we went to. There were a few different beaches we just visited enough for a quick walk or sunset watching, Kapalua and Wailea beaches made good for that. I do think that Kaanapali beach was overall our favorite and we spent a lot of time there.

Spent the weekend doing plenty of walking around red rocks and looking at bunches of rock arches. We spent Friday and Saturday nights in some pretty swanky hotels (the breakfast in the one was straight fire). We hiked about 20 miles of trails all throughout the park, Allie's favorite arch was delicate and I think mine was too. We did that trail at the perfect time and didn't have many people around the arch which is uncommon. Double Arch, Turret Arch, Landscape and Double O Arch were also some of our favorites. Balanced rock was also pretty crazy. The whole park was really impressive and it made for an awesome weekend. Hit up some pretty good BBQ on the way home and called it a day and drove home, Moab is a cool little town and now we can check Arches off our NP map.

Take away from this trip, high elevation and thin air does NOT play around. Started the weekend with a quick and easy 6 mile hike but even that was pretty serious going from 9000ft to about 12000ft. Pikes Peak was next and it was a monster, it was 7 miles and 4400ft of elevation gain one way. The summit was at 14115ft and it was a crazy hike. Started the hike around 10 in shorts and a T-shirt, hours later I was bundled up in a coat, pants, and had to strap on the snowshoes. The hike itself was steep and it kicked my butt. I had to use the help at the very end to get up the final push to the summit but I count it as my first 14er even though I needed a bit of assistance. Saw a handful of creek crossings, beautiful peaks a few waterfalls and so much incredible scenery, it was a solid weekend and my calves and lungs hurt equally as much.

For the 4th of July this year, we decided to do an early morning hike to the hot springs in Spanish Fork Canyon. It was an easy 5 Mile hike round trip but it was a beautiful hike all around. Hiking along the river the whole time was pretty and it was cool as the sun finished rising. Once we got to the springs they looked packed at first but we kept up the trail and found a few more that we ended up getting all to ourselves for the better part of an hour. The pools, though a bit smelly were a great time, genuinely hot and comfy it made for a great time. The cool creek ran right beside the pools too and made for a perfect spot to cool off! It was an awesome little hike and the springs were great.

Did a quick and easy 6 mile hike throughout the mountains and lakes in the Uinta Mountains, there were so many lake that were named and unnamed. I probably walked past 20 lakes and ponds, some bigger than others but they were all beautiful especially with the mountain peaks in the background. In Clyde Lake I saw probably 25 or so brook trout that were surfacing for the mosquitos. Unfortunately the only rod I brought was for spinning and they couldn't care less for any of the lures I tried. No bites even and I lost 2 lures on the rocky bottom - not a good day for fishing. The hike was great thought and the drive up was pretty, always good to get out there.

After being a swifty for over 10 years I finally had the chance to go see her on tour. Allie and I bought tickets right when they came out and didn't sell them even though they were going for 5x what we paid. It was all it was hyped up to be and more, over 3 hours of her singing and performing. It was the Eras Tour and she played a few songs from all of her albums up to this point. Unreal experience and would 10/10 go again and plan to eventually.

The group finally decided to just do it and hike Mount Timp. I knew it was not going to be the easiest hike I have ever done but I was not expecting an 11 hour adventure. The scenery was fantastic, all the way up it was beautiful. We got to Emerald lake that was in a little bowl and that was amazing, a herd of mountain gots got less than 25 feet from us and one goat was hanging around with us while we ate a snack. The push up to the top was no joke and both sides of the trail were treacherous and deadly. We did a total of 16 miles and over 5000 feet of elevation gain, the way up was harder but the way down is where I really felt it. Haven't been this tired or sore in a while and my feet were wrecked. Would absolutely recommend to anyone who is wanting do do it though, I think you have to do it. The views, sheep, waterfalls and everything in between were worth it.