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amateur traveler episode 503. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about

mountains and mesas, slot canyons and arches, and two of my favorite hikes in the United States as we go to the national parks of Utah.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. We'll hear more

from our sponsor in a bit but first let's talk about national parks.

I'd like to welcome to the amateur traveler Scott and Emily McKay from wingit

worldwide.com who have come to talk to us about some of the parks in Utah.

Scott and Emily, welcome to the show.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We're happy to be here.

So you pitched me several of the parks in Utah.

Utah has an amazing number of parks especially national parks I believe it's the

largest percentage of any of the states in the United States if I recall correctly

yeah that could very well be true oh yes six of them that that I can think of off the top of my head.

Well five national parks and then Monument Valley which everybody kind of thinks of as a national

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