Canyonlands.

 

Jamie and I absolutely love Southern Utah. 

Besides the fact that Jamie and I love hiking and adventures, Southern Utah provides us with more than that. We can find that here in California. We both have a passion for anthropology (pre-Colombian culture in particular), Southwest cuisine and old westerns. You can't take a step into old Utah without all of the above overlapping one another.  

What southern Utah DOES have is an economy solely run off of small and friendly businesses. No Walmarts or any other chains allowed. Mom and pop restaurants and hotels --- featuring Puebloan people artwork and photographs dedicated to Utah's Puebleon people's history, restaurants that heavily use Anasazi beans and locally hunted game meats. Some restaurants will offer 'cowboy' meals where everything is cooked for an entire day in a cast iron dutch oven. Hikes in the middle of nowhere, you'll find petroglyphs along the canyon walls. A couple of hours drive in any direction and you'll find Puebloan ruins. If you want to get lost in ancient American history, I suggest getting lost in Utah.