Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Arches Nat'l Park, Moab, UT



Today we drove down to Moab to visit the Arches National Park. It was about a four hour drive and it got hot. At one point it was 102 degrees. The sun is shining very bright here and that added to the overall heat. We got several pictures of the sites. It was hot enough today so that we called it a little early....just too darn hot. But we have seen a lot of the park and are now cooliing off with the AC in our hotel room. The park was pretty busy today it seemed to me and Dan says that weekends are even busier.


It is really magnificent here. The red rocks are vivid in color and the formations are amazing. Huge rocks balance carefully on the top of some formations. In time you know they will come crashing down when the upright support rocks give way through wind and rain erosion.


The arches are pretty interesting too. Some of them are huge. Some are smaller. But the formations are pretty impressive to see close up.
Over the last few days we have not had any internet access at Dan's house so we have not had a chance to add to the blog. The motel here has some wifi so we can catch up. But we will head back to Orem tomorrow and then spend Friday together. It looks now like we will be leaving for home early on Saturday morning. Gee, I dread the drive back!!!!

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