Gasping is a rarity. A true gasp is very hard to come by, very hard to elicit, especially from my generation of know-it-alls. But, I will say, Alta elicited many a gasp from my disbelieving body when I made the journey to Cecret Lake.My recent research of Utah hiking led me to this little hike, ...

Family vacations are always tricky because you have to please a lot of different personalities at once.  In deciding to visit California for our summer vacation my husband immediately realized this would mean roller coasters and theme parks, potentially his least favorite things. So in an ...

As I lay in camp on my sleeping pad, staring up at the vapor trails of passing aircraft between the trees, I reached a level of contentment I hadn't felt in some time. Far from the worries of daily life, I'd managed to escape to Zion National Park for the weekend. And far from the masses of ...

Short and sweet with a nice reward, Battlecreek Falls is a 1.2-mile hike in Pleasant Grove. After a 10-minute drive from Provo, which involved getting lost multiple times and running over an unknown speed bump much too quickly (in my defense, it was hidden by shade), we made it to the trailhead ...

Find out more about 'Gorging'Utah has a global reputation for its canyon country. Even people who have visited all five of the Beehive State's national parks, however, are likely to only superficially understand the extent of the miles and miles and miles of tight, narrow canyons that twist and ...

Growing up in Southern California, there were numerous popular theme parks within the space of a couple hours' drive.Still, some of my favorite theme park memories from that time period revolve around vacation visits with relatives in Utah when we all went to Lagoon.Why?Three words: The Fun ...