My trusty Subaru, my great companion for the last year and a half, met its untimely demise. When you look past the complete loss of innocent life too soon, it turns out to be a pretty funny story and perfect example of God's grace.
Solo Zion Mini-trip || I’ll Move Mountains
But from the outside looking in,
Inspiration for this post brought to you with the help of I’ll Move Mountains by Roo Panes. His other music is also roadtripfully delightful.
So it’s officially my last winter break and obviously I made no plans. After a few hours deliberation, I decided to embark on a 2-week trip from LA –> Vegas –> Utah –> Denver –> Phoenix –> SD –> LA to visit various friends and see awesome sights that I’ve only dreamed of (okay, Pinterested). So i left on a whim to see Cirque du Soleil in Vegas. It was on my childhood bucket list to see every Cirque show produced.
After missing my showtime due to traffic, being given a ticket for an even better seat for a late showtime, and thus getting to sleep at 2 AM, I got my hour of rest and zombied out of the hotel at 3 AM to make it to Zion for sunrise! My first traffic ticket, 3 hours driving, and an hour of lost time later, I made it. And it was beautiful.
I have a problem with selfies in that I’m incredibly awkward. But these locations were just TOO GOOD. So I decided to let my pride stay in Vegas (questionable?), set up my tripod, and got my shutter release good to go so I could get a shadow of the shots that I would have loved to get if I had a model with me. Oh, and I did it in my slippers.
Here are some of my favorite shots from my first few hours, which included Canyon Overlook, scenic drive, tunnels, SNOW!!!!, buffalo, ponies, and a magical fairyland of a European-esque village.
I think I’m getting closer to knowing what love is.
For the rest of the set, check out my collection: http://www.littleboatphotography.com/zion-solo-roadtrip