Moah Utah & Arches National Park Utah

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September 27, Monday.
Colorado/Utah
We left Silt and headed to Grand Junction. It is a charming town. Browsing around we found an REI, then shopped for food and continued on to Moab/Utah. After leaving RT. 70, we took a "Bob Road", the scenic highway Rt. 128 to Moab. The Visitor's Center was helpful in locating a campground right outside Arches National Park. We enjoyed a swim while our laundry was going. We squeezed in a visit to the Moab Brewery, an interesting place. Part of the trick of travel is that in each location one needs to learn the “system”. So our plan was to get up early and wait for a campsite in Arches.

September 28, Tuesday.
Arches National Park (NP), Utah
We arrived at Arches before 7 AM and were seventh in line for a campsite. We were successful and had a wonderful site on top of the mountain #23, for two days. The organization, or lack thereof, is crazy, but we jumped the proper hoops and got our site. Our first hike was the Delicate Arch it includes some climbing, the weather is hot and dry. As we were hiking up, I heard someone coming down say, “Hi Kelly”. It was Arlene from O’Hara School; it sure is a small world. The Delicate Arch is impressive and no tour buses stop here, you need to work a bit to enjoy this amazing view.
After lunch we continued to Devil’s Garden and began a hike to Double O Arch, we stopped at Partition Arch, open and scenic like a window. Then on to Navajo Arch, enclosed at the entrance to a slot canyon.
Back to the Bothan -we used the generator and had a shower with warm water used the hair dryer and even micro waved the chicken. It is fun learning how to use some of the bonus features of the Sprinter and surprise, surprise—they work!
We went to the outdoor theater and a Ranger explained the history of this land.
A weather front was coming through and we had some lightning and storms at night.

September 29, Wednesday.
Arches National Park (NP), Utah
We signed up for a Ranger led hike to the Fiery Furnace. This area is limited and can only be accessed with a Ranger. This was a fascinating hike, some crawling, climbing, and wall scaling. The hike was a little over 3 hours. It was a bit of a challenge, very informative and dirt cheap for $7 each, as well as lots of fun.
After the Fiery Furnace and lunch we hiked the shorter trails of the Devil’s Garden: Turret Arch, North Arch and South Arch.
We drove back into Moab, visitor’s center, outdoor shops, food shopping and finally dinner at the Moab Brewery. Then back to our campsite in Arches for our final evening.

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Photos

Arches National Park
These are views of the park

What does this look like?
Skull ? glasses what is your guess

Pictograhhs
We just loved looking at these We sa them all over the west
I think people from outer space made them

Old Bob and tree
Just think about this tree and it's life Wow!!!!

Kelly
These are called what happens is that these ridges are created by the weather carving them out
We hiked on top to get to look at more arches.

Comments

[Donna Broussard]

How beautiful

[Neil Jacklin]

What if?
Where would you spent most of your time, if you were to do it again?