I got home late yesterday afternoon from an epic 3 week road trip. I’ll be writing LOTS about it in the upcoming weeks, as you all know how long trip recaps can take. It was full of adventure, good and bad, but Louie and I survived, thrived, and explored so many amazing parts of our country. I’m in recovery! After the trip we had so much unpacking to do, and so much laundry. Today I’ve been relearning the violin, working on my fall schedule, and responding to many hours worth of emails. Self employment, you guys. It’s a tough world!

I don’t regret taking three weeks off to see the world though, and I’ll gladly do it again next week. I have so many pictures to show you, so many amazing hikes and drives to write about, and a bunch of mishaps, mistakes, and misadventures as well. Next trip will be a slower pace, but this one was a blast.

We saw Aspen, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado National Monument, Canyonlands National Park, Dead Horse State Park, Arches National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Kodachrome State Park, Zion National Park, Grand Canyon National Park (North Rim), Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Recreation Area, and Antelope Canyon. Those were the big stops! We drove around 3000 miles, many of them incredibly scenic. We camped for 14 nights in 11 different campsites in 10 different campgrounds, many of them incredibly scenic. We hiked many miles…maybe I’ll add them up somehow.

And as I’m looking at my pictures, I’m already saying, why didn’t I take more pictures of this or that. As always! You can never take too many pictures.

How are you doing? What have you been up to in the last three weeks??