Jordan wrote down our itinerary for the trip we recently went on to Arizona and Colorado. I've been sharing bits and pieces of our trip, as I have a lot of photos! Since we're almost done with all of the photos from our time in Arizona I thought it would be helpful to share our itinerary in it's entirety. A lot of people were really confused on how we ended up in Colorado, we just flew! Since it was on the way back home, it wasn't much more to add in a stop so that I could see my friend, Jen! 

Spring Travel Itinerary

4 March '16 to 12 March '16 

Friday, 4 March '16 

Fly American to Sky Harbor, Arrive late evening in Phoenix, Arizona

Saturday, 5 March '16

Drive Honda Accord 4.5 hours to Page, Arizona

stop for breakfast | Flagstaff, Arizona

Antelope Canyon & Horseshoe Bend | Page, Arizona

Ate Little Caesers &

crashed at Wahweap Marina Inn | Page, Arizona

Sunday, 6 March '16

Lake Powell | Page, Arizona

Hike the Hoodoos | Utah

Eat BBQ Nachos (JR) | Page, Arizona

Hike Cathedral Rock | Sedona, Arizona

Eat Dinner | Sedona, Arizona

Drive back to Scottsdale, Arizona

Monday, 7 March '16

Sleep in, go to the pool for bbq

homemade pizza for dinner

& game night

Scottsdale, Arizona

Tuesday, 8 March '16

Movie (JR) & Last Chance 

Shake Shack & Spring Baseball Game (Reds vs. Giants)

Phoenix, Arizona

Wednesday. 9 March '16

Hike Squaw Peak

Driving Range at Top Golf 

Flower Child for Dinner

Phoenix, Arizona

Thursday, 10 March '16

Hike Camelback (JR) Breakfast at the Henry | Phoenix, Arizona

Last Chance (again)

(Flight Delayed)

Photos  by Lexi Moody Photography at Squaw Peak

Fly from Phoenix, Arizona to Denver, Colorado

Friday, 11 March '16

Arrive in Denver, Colorado after midnight

Sleep in, Brunch at Carbon Beverage Co.

& Red Rocks | Denver, Colorado
Sloan Lake Park

Avery Brewing Company

Avanti Food Court

Denver, Colorado

Saturday, 12 March '16

Rocky Mountain National Park

Speeding Ticket (JR)

Estes Park

Brewery | Boulder, Colorado

Fly Denver to St. Louis, Missouri

Pick up from airport by Tyler & Ana *thanks

Drive to Home in Illinois

I'll share this again once I get through all of our photos and post a summary of our trip with all of the new links! Slow and steady, right? 

Oh, and Happy Cinco de Mayo!

We're heading over to a Cinco de Mayo party tonight for some authentic Mexican food. I'm already hungry. 

i can't believe i managed to even get this many photos from this hike, every time we took a break i couldn't do anything but catch my breath, and adjust to the new altitude. i ended up going on this hike with four guys. i'm still not sure how it exactly happened, but jen had to work in the morning, and cody, the backpack guy in this post mentioned that he was going hiking again, and i'm pretty sure i invited myself. i was anxious to explore this beautiful place, and i am pretty sure he mentioned that it would be difficult, but i definitely didn't hear it. the next morning i called jordan to tell him the situation, and that i would be spending the afternoon with the guys you will later in the photos...

here are the guys, one of them practically ran up the trail, and it took everything in me to keep up. they were really great about taking breaks and even taking my backpack towards the end! i am really glad i decided to go, especially at the top, it was crazy to be able to see everything in sight. although i think they might have been taking bets wether i would make it or not.

okay... i hinted about it here, gave a preview here, and it started here, so now i present the photos from the meadow! i loved this hidden meadow amongst the mountains, this is what we hiked to and it was worth it. i apologize for the overload of photos, but you should really see how many there actually were. enjoy these and jen and i frolicking in the field.

cody, the guy in this post (well, you can see his back of his head in a few photos) took the photos of jen and i, i love when people take a lot of photos... thanks for doing that, cody! and jen took the ones of just me, way to capture the light, jen! what a fun afternoon! and don't worry, i still have more from colorado! an entirely different hike!

this would be a lot better than the rainy, cold mess that's outside my windows. 

here are some more photos from the hike we did in colorado, more photos in this post. it was a great hike because we started at a higher elevation, so the views were great and we didn't have to work too hard to get there. it was very beautiful. the best part of the hike i will share soon, where we stumbled upon this beautiful meadow, which is where this photo was taken. get excited. but, for now enjoy these photos...