Arches, Canyons, Tents & New Beginnings
When I last posted on Backpacks and Barbells nearly three years ago, I was coming off a backpacking trip around Europe that inspired the original creation of this blog. I was on a high of independence and perspective that only an experience like that can provide. I was fulfilled. I was also completely unprepared for how much would change and how fast the next years would pass. I was always told that life goes faster as you get older, but yesterday was my 31st birthday. I mean what?! I recently took the longest trip since the Europe extravaganza and decided while climbing 9 miles out of the Grand Canyon that it was worthy of a Backpacks and Barbells revival. The 2018 road trip took us through Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Antelope Canyon, Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park. I admittedly saw more National Parks on this trip than I have in my previous thirty years, and there is a peacefulness and vastness that only ...