We were getting a bit restless having not traveled anywhere for 6 months, and I was very grumpy that my plans to go somewhere awesome for my birthday had been thwarted. So we wanted to go somewhere, and since flying somewhere seemed like a bad idea, we decided it was a good chance for a road trip, and hence a good chance for a non-diving trip. I somehow got the idea to go to Idaho. I think I got the idea when I did a google search for road trips from California :) and started to zero in on some hiking and backpacking in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho. Coincidentally, one of my coworkers went on a "bikepacking" trip to the Sawtooths a few weeks later, and when I saw his pictures, that sealed the deal. So I spent quite a bit of time researching where to go and where to hike, and I even bought a paper map (quaint, huh?) of the trails around the area. Then a couple of things happened. I had a company event, so we had to delay the trip by a week, and the entire west coast went up in flames. Well enough of it to make half of the country smokey anyway. So by the time we were headed to Idaho, the air quality there was quite bad. We devised a plan B of going to Utah, since it was still looking nice and green on the air quality map.
Oh, one extra interesting kink in the trip plan. Rob recently got a Tesla. So this makes long distance travel extra interesting to plan. I was rather worried about ending up somewhere in the middle of nowhere, with a dead car and no charger in sight, and having to have the car towed to somewhere with a charger :P
Drive to Twin Falls, Idaho
Sun Valley, Idaho
Evanston, Wyoming
Red Castle Lake, Utah
Antelope Island and Salt Lake City, Utah
Alta, Utah
Back to Salt Lake City
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