Our trip to Utah 2020

Last month, my parents and I went on a vacation to Utah to escape from our house. On our trip, we saw many towns and places, some I haven't seen before. To give you a taste of what our trip was like, on the first day, we drove from the town of Pleasant Grove (suburb of Provo, 30 minutes south of Salt Lake) where we were staying to the town of Heber City where we went to a church called Grace Family Bible Church, a small church we have been to a couple times before when we visited the area which has really welcomed us. After we went to church, we drove from the Heber Valley up a little two lane road winding up the mountain until it reaches 9,000 feet and then drops down to Park City. On the drive, we saw views of the valley, beautiful tall aspen trees, little patches of snow up on the mountain, and beautiful views of Park City, where we walked its beautiful historical downtown with shops and restaurants and beautiful architecture of the old buildings.

The next day, we went to the town of Saratoga Springs, where we saw Utah Lake from the west side looking at the east side of the Utah Valley. We also saw some new construction in the area with new stores and houses being built due to the rapid growth of the area. We ate lunch in one of the new shopping centers at Mod Pizza, which actually has gluten free pizza that my family and I could eat. We had pineapple and chicken and dairy free Daiya cheese on top of our pizza. It was delicious!!

Then we drove down from the Utah Valley to the town of Mona, where we saw the Young Living lavender farm. We visited the lavender farm gift shop, where we looked at the Young Living product offerings greeted by nice people working there. Then we opened the door in the back, and a whole new world was unveiled-flowers, ponds, waterfalls, a fun creek that I really enjoyed playing near, and different plants they had for us to look at. Plus, we even had a view of Mount Nebo and its magical look with the garden and its trees.

After we went to Mona, we drove even further south to the town of Tropic near Bryce Canyon National Park, which was our hub for visiting Bryce Canyon-eating dinner and lunch at three of the four restaurants in town, and where we stayed the night. The place we stayed at is called the Bryce Canyon Inn, where we had a 2 bedroom cabin with a living room with a nice television and a table where we could eat breakfast at. We ate dinner the first night at the Rustler Restaurant-where my father ate some delicious trout that I had a piece of, along with my meal of chicken.

We rose up the next morning and went to Kodachrome State Park, where we saw different rock formations, a tall chimney rock, and a rock similar to Uluru in Australia. After we went to the park, we ate lunch from a place called Route 12 Grille and Gift Shop at the Sinclair gas station where we took sopes with chips and rice and beans to our room where we ate. The food was really delicious!!

Then we drove to Bryce Canyon, driving from the open plains of Bryce Canyon City to the dense forests with ponderosa pines, and when you go up higher, seeing aspens with their beautiful white bark. Plus, you have vistas looking at the dry Colorado plateau where our cabin was at and looking at the cliffs and arches formed from years (could also be days) of erosion. We enjoyed seeing the canyon so much that my dad and I went on a walk to explore the Sunset point area of the park where we walked steep canyons down the hill and up back on a strenuous, but fun hike. Back in the town of Tropic, we ate dinner at a restaurant that is a part of the place we stayed, the Bryce Canyon Inn Restaurant, where we ate burgers and fries. 

The next day we drove from the town of Tropic and headed south near the Sevier River with its lush valley and beautiful water, which then gave to beautiful pine forests and then gave to the East Fork Virgin River valley leading to the magnificent Zion Canyon, which was amazing!!  Seeing how steep it was from the valley to the tall rocks that only an amazing God could make, with the trees, the river, the red rock formations, and how beautiful it was.

We then went to another part of the park, which is very unknown. I didn't know about it until we took the drive to see it. It was a 24 mile drive to a beautiful alpine lake called Kolob Reservoir, where we saw tall steep red mountains, vistas of the Virgin River Valley, of the canyon, juniper, ponderosa pine trees, and up the hill we saw beautiful aspen trees and lush green meadows where the lake is at.

Then we ended our trip in Utah by staying in the city of St George at the brand new SpringHill Suites in the east part of town and had takeout from Benja's Thai Garden next to the Red Cliffs Mall and took the food to our hotel patio that we thought was beautiful with the pool next door and fire pits.

I hope that You enjoyed learning about our trip and that it will inspire you to get out and make a trip yourself if you can!!

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"  Behold the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.  Isaiah 40:9-10

Thank You for reading my blogpost and God bless!!