As travelers, we are sometimes distracted by the “exotic.” Yes, it’s glamorous to be able to hop a flight over oceans and access the other side of the world, to see new landscapes and new cultures. But that fact shouldn’t come at the cost of overlooking the truly extraordinary places so much closer to home. And to tour them all is practically to take a trip around the world — you’ll see everything
from breathtaking Rocky Mountain peaks to massive sand dunes, raging rivers to millennia-old remnants of a vanished civilization. Touring the state’s five national park properties — and the authentic small towns providing you local character and hospitality along the way — is quite frankly one of the world’s premier road trips. Which is why we sent Instagram influencer and photographer extraordinaire Johan Lolos, along with a small team, to experience it. Whether it was dangling his legs over the side of a prop plane high over the Black Canyon, or trekking up sand dunes at 4 in the morning, we knew Johan would do whatever it took to get the shots to perfectly document the adventurous journey. What the crew came back with — video, imagery, stories — is mind blowing, practically life changing.
