Many of you know that I had the chance to take a six week road trip through the United States this summer. I’m truly not sure that it could have gone better, and I’m in the process of working my way through the 6,000+ images I took during my time on the road. Figuring out how to go about posting them is daunting, to say the least, but I knew that I needed for this one to be first. At this point in my trip, most of my days had been filled with visiting cities – and don’t get me wrong, there was nothing wrong with that. I had had a rough, HOT night in Farmington, New Mexico the night before this and decided I needed a detour through the Four Corners area and then Monument Valley before heading to the Grand Canyon as I had originally planned.

If you have ever done this drive through Utah, then you know what I mean when I say that you are on sensory overload the whole time. Everything – and I mean everything, everywhere you look is just the most beautiful thing ever. I needed this day – and I needed it bad.

So I got to this stretch and was just in awe. With a little help from Google, I also found the exact mile mark to get this image, because if you’re a Forrest Gump fan like I am, then you know that this is the point where he finally decided he’d had enough and turned around. By no means had I had enough at this point – in fact, it truly felt as though my trip was just beginning…