Utah Expedition

Utah Expedition
By Chris Veno

I had a lot of fun on this expedition. We went to Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capital Reef National Park, and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. We also went to Moab, Utah.
The first place that we went to was Arches National Park. It was absolutely beautiful and amazing. In Arches we slept in tents (which was a luxury), we also went on many day hikes. The hikes were really cool because we saw a lot of arches and other amazing things. In Arches National Park we saw lots of Prickly Pear Cacti and lots of Juniper. On the first day at Arches it rained and we got to get an extra hour of sleep, which was nice and well needed. In Arches it was very windy and our stuff would blow away. We did a lot of day hikes in Arches National Park and all of the views were amazing.
The next place that we went to was Canyonlands National Park, which was really cool because of all of the canyons and chasms and all of the Native American Artifacts and dwellings. While I was in Canyonlands National Park I wore my warm hat for many days in a row. I had dreadlocks form in my hair because it got really matted and I twisted the matted hair into dreads. They were sicknasty. In Canyonlands we also saw lots of Prickly Pear Cacti and it reminded me of my cacti back at home, which are bigger than the Prickly Pear that we saw out west.
The last place that we went to was Capital Reef National Park and that is where we did our backcountry trip. Our backcountry trip was a three-day backpacking trip through the canyon of Capital Reef National Park. It was really cool. In the canyon we hiked through a cave, which was a really cool experience. We had to squeeze through the end of the cave and we got all muddy. In Capital Reef National Park we saw a Tarantula and it was really awesome. I was not afraid of it like some of the other members in the group were. In four days I did 840 pushups and I was ripped.
I really enjoyed this expedition. We went to Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capital Reef National Park, and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. We also went to Moab, Utah. I am really going to enjoy the hiking of the Grand Canyon on the next expedition.