Blogs from Arches National Park, Utah, United States, North America - page 8

The Arches National Park in Utah has to be where the inspiration for Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons originated. The boulders precariously placed on top of thin tall columns, the impossible angles, the physics defying tricks of nature ... it has to be. It's hard to believe any of it is real until you get there and see it for yourself. W.. wasn't much into hiking, so we had a short visit. He did enjoy climbing up to some of the arches and other formations.... read more

Vi var i Arches National Park to gange. En gang om aftenen, og en gang om formiddagen. Her er lidt blandede billeder fra den ekstremt flotte park. Det var en meget underligt landskab at bevaege sig rundt i...det virkede lidt som en anden planet. Parken er kendt for de mange arches...store naturskabte buer i klipperne, skabt af tusinde aars erosion af baade vand og luft...... read more

Sand. Golden sand and long wall-like fins of rock stretching everywhere your eyes can reach. Sparsely, small bushes and Juniper trees grow in the fine sand, calmly waiting for the rain which is rarely felt on their resistant leaves. A dry, harsh environment where only strong creatures were able to adapt their systems and habits in order to survive: lizards, ravens, kangaroo rats, small reptiles and to my surprise jack-rabbits and cottontails. The latter animals look so fragile with their light-coloured fur and long ears, large dark eyes and their pink nostrils sniffing in the air, but they can certainly dodge foxes, owls and eagles by doing quick turns as they rush through the bushes and into their dens. Rabbits welcomed me to this awesome desert. As you drive through Park Avenue you are greeted by ... read more

As the name suggests, Arches National Park hosts over 2000 cataloged natural sandstone arches. This national park is situated on a salt bed. This is the main cause of the rock formations here. This salt bed was deposited over the Colorado Plateau some 300 million years ago. Over the years, the salt bed was covered with residue from water and winds. This movement of salt shaped the earth due to erosion over time in this area. After a long process of water and ice deposits inside the superficial cracks and cavities of sandstone layers, bits and pieces started falling off. Erosion due to water and wind on the remaining rocks changed their shapes and became today's arches. Most of the formations visible in the park are Entrada Sandstone and Navajo Sandstone. These distinguished layers are visible ... read more

Our 2008 vacation we are planning to head out west again to see as many of the Utah National Parks as we can. After leaving Baton Rouge around 10 am on Saturday, May 10th, we want to go through Little Rock, AR to visit Viki and Bill. They are some long time friends that moved back to Arkansas years ago. We get up there to see them when we can and they come south to Louisiana whenever they can. We haven’t made it there since 2000. This will be the first time they have seen our RV. We took Hwy. 65 north out of Louisiana in order to enjoy the scenery and adjust to a slower pace. We had a nice, but slow at times, trip into Arkansas and took I-530 toward Little Rock. Viki and ... read more