Utah/Vegas

Back in June my friend John invited me to his bachelor party to be held in Las Vegas, if I was flying that far then I thought I might as well make a trip out of it and planned with Mariah and Nick a trip through some of the national parks in Utah. I’m not a frequent or experienced hiker and I think the only other national park I’ve been to is Yosemite (twice), but we’ve mostly only done city trips so why not??? Utah (Movies watched on the plane: Swing Girls, F9, Ghost Killer) Since Moab isn’t on particularly close to any major airport, I opted for Salt Lake City since the timing worked out better than flying into Vegas. The flight in was easy and the views right outside the airport were already stunning, with long, flat roads contrasted with tall mountains in the opposite direction. I asked a friend of mine for some SLC/Provo recs since he used to live there, and he came through with a dozen fantastic looking restaurants, only for us to realize that since we’d be driving through on a…