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Teacher ✏️ Hiker & Adventurer 🏔️ FASTer Way Certified Coach 💪🏻 sharing real life & wellness that fits everyday ☀️Asia | Alaska | Nashville

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I just kept saying “wow” at every turn everywhere I looked! Capitol Reef is easily one of Utah’s most underrated spots, but the geological weirdness here is next level. The park sits on the Waterpocket Fold, a massive warp in the Earth’s crust that happened 50 to 70 million years ago. It literally looks like a giant geological wave frozen in time! Fun fact: right in the middle of these rugged red rocks is the historical Fruita Valley, home to thousands of fruit trees. You can pick apples or peaches directly from the orchards and grab fresh-baked pie at the Gifford Homestead! taken in Capital Reef National Park by @weddleinthewild

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Moonscape Overlook, Mars overlook (couldn’t get there fully bc of rain), Factory Butte, and otherworldly looking shapes. Utah is wild and off roading for a while gets you some views that are hard to believe are on earth. taken in Moonscape Overlook by @weddleinthewild

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Drop the word RESET in the comments below or tap the link in my bio to get locked in before we kick things off tomorrow! Let’s make this month count. 💙🔥 by @weddleinthewild

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Squeezing through Little Wild Horse Canyon! 🥾✨
Swipe through to explore one of Utah’s ultimate natural mazes, located right next door to Goblin Valley State Park! Walking between these giant, swirling rock walls feels like stepping onto another planet.
Quick Canyon School 🏜️
1. Over millions of years, flash floods and water erosion carved these dramatic, wavy sandstone walls right out of the San Rafael Swell. Water always wins!
2. Unlike many slot canyons in Utah, Little Wild Horse is non-technical—no rappelling gear needed, just your favorite hiking boots.
3. In the narrowest sections, the canyon walls shrink down to just shoulder-width apart!
‼️Always check the local weather forecast before heading in (flash floods are real in slot canyons!), and consider connecting it with Bell Canyon for an 8-mile loop if you’re looking for extra miles.
Save this post for your next Southern Utah road trip! 📍👇 taken in Little Wild Horse Canyon by @weddleinthewild

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Feels like Mars, but it’s right here in Utah! 👽🏜️ Welcome to Goblin Valley State Park—where thousands of mushroom-shaped rock formations (called “goblins” or hoodoos) cover the desert floor.
Here’s the cool geology science behind how these weird little guys were made:
1️⃣ 170 million years ago, this area was an inland sea! Layers of sandstone, siltstone, and shale settled here over time.
2️⃣ The top layer is made of harder Entrada Sandstone, while the layer underneath is soft, easily eroded siltstone.
3️⃣ Rain and wind slowly carved away the softer bottom layer faster than the top, leaving behind these top-heavy “goblins”!
💡 Pro Tip for visiting: Unlike most state and national parks, you aren’t restricted to a single trail here! You’re allowed to wander freely off-trail through the maze of goblins. Just remember to leave no trace and never climb or push on the fragile caps!
Don’t pack up at sunset! Goblin Valley is an official Certified International Dark Sky Park with virtually zero light pollution. Standing in the middle of thousands of dark goblin silhouettes with the bright arch of the Milky Way stretched overhead feels like stepping onto a distant planet. It’s one of the best places in North America for astrophotography! taken in Goblin Valley State Park by @weddleinthewild

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Proof that patience (and a lot of water) creates art. 🏜️✨
Did you know Arches National Park has over 2,000 documented natural sandstone arches? Here’s how nature built this playground:
1️⃣ Underground Salt Beds: 300 million years ago, a salt bed thousands of feet thick settled under the rock.
2️⃣ Cracking Up: As the salt shifted, the sandstone above buckled and cracked into parallel vertical fins.
3️⃣ Wind & Ice: Water seeped into the cracks, froze, expanded, and flaked off stone. Over millions of years, nature carved out open windows!
⚠️ Fun fact: To count as an official arch, the opening must be at least 3 feet long. taken in Arches National Park by @weddleinthewild

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Canyonlands National Park! Utah’s largest national park is basically a massive, real-life maze carved by time (and a lot of rushing water).
Here are 3 mind-blowing facts you probably didn’t know about Canyonlands:
🌊 The entire landscape was sculpted over millions of years by the confluence of the Colorado and Green Rivers.
🧩 The park is divided into 4 distinct districts—Island in the Sky, The Needles, The Maze, and The Rivers. Fun fact: You can’t drive directly between them inside the park because the canyons are so vast!
☀️ That famous glowing arch you see on Pinterest? The underside glows bright fiery orange at sunrise because sunlight reflects off the sheer canyon wall hundreds of feet below.
Pro Tip: If you want breathtaking, panoramic views without the massive crowds of Zion or Arches, head to the Island in the Sky mesa! taken in Canyonlands National Park by @weddleinthewild

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Wait… why is it called Dead Horse Point?! 🐴💀 (And no, it’s not just a spooky name!)
2,000 feet above a massive gooseneck bend in the Colorado River, this spot near Moab, Utah has one of the most insane canyon views on Earth—and a wild history behind it 👇
🤠 The Legend Behind the Name: Back in the late 1800s, cowboys used this natural high mesa as a pen for wild mustangs. The point narrows down to a neck only 30 yards wide, making it ridiculously easy to fence off.
They’d herd the horses out to the point, pick the ones they wanted, and leave the rest. The legend goes that one herd was left penned at the point and tragically died of thirst—staring directly down at the river 2,000 feet below that they couldn’t reach. 😮‍💨
🎬 Pop Culture Plot Twist: If this view looks familiar, you might recognize it from the famous final cliff-jump scene in Thelma & Louise! Hollywood actually filmed it right here, subbing Dead Horse Point in for the Grand Canyon.
📍 Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah taken in Dead Horse Point State Park by @weddleinthewild

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The most underrated National Park in Colorado? Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Why is it so shadowy and epic?
* Some parts of the gorge only receive 33 minutes of sunlight per day because the walls are so steep!
* The Painted Wall is the tallest sheer cliff in Colorado at 2,250 feet!! that’s taller than the Empire State Building! 🏙️
* Massive views, way fewer crowds than the giant parks, and pure awe! * The rock at the bottom is nearly 2 billion years old (some of the oldest exposed rock in North America!). taken in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park by @weddleinthewild

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MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK-
Standing in front of architecture built over 800 years ago really puts things into perspective 🏜️✨
Swipe through to explore Mesa Verde National Park and the incredible Cliff Palace! 📸👇
🏛️ Cliff Palace isn’t just any ruin—it’s the largest cliff dwelling in North America, featuring over 150 rooms and 23 kivas (underground circular rooms used for rituals and gatherings).
🪵 Built by the Ancestral Puebloans between 1190 and 1260 AD, these structures were crafted entirely using sandstone, mortar made of soil and water, and wooden beams.
☀️ Building inside south-facing alcoves was brilliant—it provided natural shade during scorching summer months and absorbed warm sunlight during freezing high-desert winters.
🌲 Established in 1906 by Teddy Roosevelt, Mesa Verde was the very first U.S. National Park designated specifically to preserve human culture and history rather than just natural scenery. taken in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by @weddleinthewild

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Bucket list item of sledding down the tallest sand dunes in North America ✅ ⛰️🏜️
Great Sand Dunes National Park honestly felt like stepping onto another planet. Seeing these massive, rolling sand dunes with giant mountain peaks sitting right behind them is just surreal!
A few fun facts if you’re planning a visit:
The “River”: We went when Medano Creek was completely dried up! During late spring, snowmelt creates a natural surge flow river right at the base of the dunes, but by summer/fall, it dries up completely into a vast sandy landscape.
International Dark Sky Park: Because it’s so remote and high in altitude, it has some of the clearest night skies in the entire country. The star-gazing here is out of this world ✨🌌
Oh, and watch until the end to see how my sand sledding attempt actually went… 🛷😂 taken in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve by @weddleinthewild

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G R E A T S A N D D U N E S N A T I O N A L P A R K- PART 1- absolutely unreal to see how LARGE the sand dunes are in person! Largest sand dunes in North America and it shows when you get close. Something magical about the contrast between the dunes and the mountains. Look at the last photo to look at the night sky!! Wow!! taken in Great Sand Dunes National Park by @weddleinthewild

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