Hey everyone! This week we will be taking an adventure to the wonderful state of Utah! Now at first Utah does not appear to have much to offer visitors but this, however, is not the case upon further inspection. As you will soon come to find, Utah truly has something for everyone to do.
The first stop on our tour of Utah will have to occur during the winter season because it is to the Park City Mountain Resort. This resort is the second largest ski resort in America, offering visitors over 330 trails. As a matter of fact, several of the runs are used to train by the United States ski team. The resort was also host of the 2002 Winter Olympics snowboarding and several slalom events. This makes the resort a must-visit for anyone who is an experienced skier. For those of you who have not hit the slopes before, they also offer skiing and snowboarding lessons to visitors.
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Moving on from the idea of winter and snow sports, our next visit will have to be done in warmer weather as we get in touch with nature on a Monument Valley Safari. These adventures last 1.5-7 hours in length as tourists travel across different sections of valley to enjoy the landscape. Visitors also have the option to do a combination safari that provides views of the Lower Monument Valley/Mystery Valley or Tear Drop Arch/Mystery Valley. The safari company also offers Sunset Photography Tours and Starlight Tours for anyone willing to spice up their sightseeing.
Our next stop in the wonderful state of Utah will be to the Bluff Fort Historic Site. Here visitors can learn about the fort itself and the treacherous Hole-in-the-Rock expedition. The site contains cabins that were built with windows and doors facing inward to the fort’s square in order to provide protection from invading forces. The site also features the Bluff Fort itself which was dismantled in 1883 but restored in the 1890s by the community. This is definitely a must-visit for anyone interested in history.
Image courtesy Bluff Fort
Last but not least, we will be making a stop at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium while in Utah. This aquarium features wildlife such as birds, invertebrates, mammals, fish, and more from around the globe including the Antarctic, Utah, and South America. Tourists can also have an eye-to-eye experience with the sharks in a 40-foot underwater shark tunnel. And just in case this was not enough, the aquarium also has two touch pools were visitors can interact with the animals.
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Overall, Utah has plenty to offer visitors of all kinds from your athlete to your nature lover. I, personally, would love to visit Utah and have particular interest in skiing there someday.
As always, keep on traveling and experiencing the world because you never know what it has to offer until you get out there.
I am not going to lie, I really did not think Utah had a lot to offer going into this post, but I was wrong! I definitely think doing one of the Monument Valley Safaris sounds extremely fun! I can’t believe that some of the safari adventures can last for seven hours. I also really enjoy going to see aquariums, because I think sea-life is fascinating. Your travel blogs are very interesting and encouraging to get out there and travel wherever you want. I think sometimes people forget that home will always be there waiting, but you won’t always have the opportunity to go on adventures if you are afraid of leaving.
P.S. I love the quirky titles of all of your blog posts 🙂