Donut Falls

This past weekend, me and my friend Ana decided to go hike Donut Falls up in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It's a pretty short and easy hike; about 1 mile. There is a big parking lot with bathrooms and a road that leads further up the mountain. There is no sign that says Donut Falls or trail head anywhere so we weren't sure we were in the right place until we drove up a little further and asked a park ranger. We parked in the parking lot and walked for a while before we actually got to the trail head. You can park right next to the trail but parking is very limited. The actual hike to the falls was about 20 minutes. We then came to what looked like a big rock pile with little falls scattered. We wondered where the actual Donut Fall was and heard someone talking about a land slide so the fall isn't there anymore. We were super disappointed but decided to climb further up the rocks. This part was kind of sketchy and mostly in water with slippery rocks. We then came to a cave with Donut Falls! We were super excited and I didn't want to leave because of how pretty and calming it was in that cave. I highly recommend doing this hike if you are bored on a Saturday. It doesn't take a lot of effort or time and is totally worth it!

*It was super hard to get good pictures because there were so many people!

Little Cottonwood Canyon

This past weekend, I took a trip up north for some bachelorette parties and to see some friends. This was the first time I had been up there since I went to the airport to go to Africa. Most of my friends have moved up north since they have all graduated or they moved home for the summer. It was really fun seeing a lot of them. I took my friend Dani's bridal pictures since she is getting married in about two weeks. We went up Little Cottonwood Canyon and it was absolutely beautiful! We went to Albion Basin which has tons of wildflowers and a perfect view of the mountains. Later that afternoon, me and my friend Shannon went back up to take some more pictures of each other just for fun. While we were up there, we saw two Moose which freaked us out a bit but was still awesome. The pictures throughout the entire day turned out amazing! I highly recommend going up there sometime soon before the wildflowers get covered in snow. I also hear that Big Cottonwood Canyon is just a beautiful. {More pictures of Dani and Braydon's bridal session can be found here later this week.}

Festival City, USA

During the summer in Cedar City, it gets a little boring, let's be honest. Especially when almost all of your friends have graduated and left. This summer is the first summer I really have had NOTHING to do. I watch Netflix 70% of the time, sleep 20% of the time and work the other 10%.
On the plus side, Cedar City is also known as Festival City, USA. When school is in session, there are nearly no festivals. During the summer however, there are tons of festivals. Those are the nights that I love. I love going to Groovefest and listening to my friends play in their small acoustic band and dressing up for the Renaissance Fair (this was for work and I looked like John Smith from Pocahontas). There are even things to do that aren't the usual festivals like this random, very tiny fair that came into town. There were several rides, a few games and the typical (delicious/gross) fair food. It really wasn't much but it was something to do to get out of the house. I didn't do any of the activities stated above. Me and my friend just walked around and I took pictures. We were there for probably about 30 minutes. But hey, that's 30 minutes less of watching Netflix, right?
What are some fun things you find to do in the summer? Seriously, I need advice.