It is a rainy evening, so instead of hiking I will add my next park I have visited, Arches National Park. I even get to drive around with the Delicate Arch on my license plate. Ironically, I have only visited the park two times----first time in 1991 and the last time in 1998.
The first time was in the beginning of July. This is not the time to come to enjoy hiking unless you like 100F temperatures. We hiked early in the morning to arches in the Devils Garden area in the north end of the park. This is the Landscape Arch in two views----from in front----and from underneath.
This is the park of arches---in fact 2000 cataloged arches. The most famous is the Delicate Arch, but since it was so hot and we were camping in the north end of the park, we never hiked to it. I would highly recommend hiking to it----you may have seen it during the 2002 Olympics----the torch stopped there.
Another hike we did at sunset (after the first hike, we spent the mid-day at the air-conditioned Moab library) was the hike to the Windows. Sunset in the desert treats you to many colors---and silence.
We enjoyed the campground. The sites are separated by rocks. The only thing lacking is shade.
My second time to the park was another quick trip with an out-of-town guest. That time was spent on the south end of the park in the Park Avenue area.
For more information on the park, I would visit the Arches NPS site.
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The fact that you spent a lot of time in the library amuses me:). Also I had no idea the torch came by the arch! how cool is that!
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