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Utah has a mountain where you’re allowed to just…d Utah has a mountain where you’re allowed to just…dig for your own topaz. And somehow nobody talks about it.

Topaz Mountain is exactly what it sounds like, a stretch of high desert where you show up, pick a spot in the rhyolite, and crack rock until little crystals fall out. No guide, no fee, no gift shop. Just you, a hammer, and the slowly dawning realization that you’ve become a person who collects rocks on purpose.

Came home dusty, sunburned, and weirdly thrilled about a handful of crystals. 

10/10, would dilly-dally through the desert again.

📍 Save this for your Utah list 🔨💎✨
Bryce Canyon is the rare national park you can gen Bryce Canyon is the rare national park you can genuinely do a lot in one day! I only had 1 day at Bryce and here’s what I did…

Sunrise at Sunrise Point, the Queen’s Garden → Navajo loop down into the hoodoos, the overlooks at midday, and Silent City glowing at golden hour. That’s the whole day, no wasted miles.

📍 Save it for your trip to Utah 🏜️
(Fair warning: it’s the kind of place that ruins you a little for regular scenery 😉)
spent a summer on the Maine coast and now every ot spent a summer on the Maine coast and now every other place has to file a complaint 🌊🌲🦞⛵️
Everyone shows up to Airport Mesa with a tripod an Everyone shows up to Airport Mesa with a tripod and a plan. I showed up late as usual, sprinting to beat the sun ☀️ 

Went the wrong way on the trail, realized the sun was not going to wait for me, and full-on trail-ran the last stretch to catch it.

Made it with purple cheeks and maybe four minutes to spare. Sat down, tried to look like I hadn’t just hauled it up a mesa, watched the rocks go orange.

10/10. Would panic-jog again.

Save this for your Sedona list 📍 and send it to whoever you’d absolutely make run for a sunset
Arkansas, you got me. 🌲 Arkansas, you got me. 🌲
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