So leaving Denver, Korina and I were pretty disappointed to realize that the drive to Arches National Park in Utah actually takes FIVE hours as opposed to the THREE that we had originally thought. Whoops! Maybe it was all the information that has been floating around in our heads on this journey that got us a little bit mixed up! Oh well, the drive through Colorado and into Utah was extremely scenic; we were up on mountains, going through mountains, and had the Colorado river alongside us for most of the time. We were in the midst of snow and snowcapped mountains - tons of huge rock faces and curvy mountain roads! We stopped for lunch in Vail, and continued on until we reached Utah! The sign for Utah was huge - Korina and I wanted
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