Cedar Breaks National Monument

It's been quite a few years since Tony and I went to Cedar Breaks in Utah. Our friends Heidi and Andrew recently moved to Duck Creek which isn't too far from Cedar Breaks so while we were in Panguitch for a hot air balloon festival, we met up with our friends and caravan-ed to this National Park.

Cedar Breaks National Monument

This was actually a trip we did in June. We have tried to come here a couple times , the first time it was really cold and there was snow on the ground. We were passing by it from another trip we were headed home from and decided to try going. Nevermind that. Then we tried to go another time but my car was really low on gas. We got about halfway up and I felt like we should turn around and not keeping going so we didnt get to go that time either. 3rd time is the charm!

This is the gift store/information center. I bought Tony a game here as a birthday present that we can play while we are camping. It's a National Parks game so it fits in well with the theme of games we have been trying to collect.

The view was amazing and reminded me of Bryce Canyon!

It was a perfect weather day. Not super hot, not super cold.

Can you find the arch? I had to zoom in to get a good look

The view coming and going

The drive away from the park was gorgeous. So green. I wish we could have stayed and camped, maybe someday.

Down by the ski lodge there were people jumping off this lift onto a huge pillow filled with air so we watched for a bit like creepers.

I got the best gas mileage ever. Going downhill that is 

The teardrop followed us all the way home.

Golden Spike National Monument

Checking out Golden Spike National Monument in Utah

So excited to be here, it was our first time being able to go.

Made sure to put a stamp in our passport book

Pretty amazing , 10 miles in one day was a record for them

I wanted to go to Sacramento when I saw this sign. Only 690 miles away - hehe

Miniature replica of the exciting day the railroads met

Tony liked what this said so much when I read it to him. We laughed so much. It says,

"Irish workers wrote a song

about their work with

explosives like black powder and nitroglycerin:

Last week a premature blast went off,

And a mile in the sky went big Jim Goff.

Now when next pay day came around,

Jim Goff a dollar short was found.

He asked the reason; came this reply,

You were docked for the time you were up in the sky."

To visit this place yourself, here's the website with more information