We really did see practically everything in Arches. All the arches, viewpoints, etc... The Three Penguins are one of my favorites. The whole time we called them the Three Egyptians, but later we found out the "official" name is the Three Penguins.
Before we did the Delicate Arch hike, Rog asked me if I thought we would understand why they call it the Delicate Arch when we saw it. I thought that was funny because isn't it obvious? Apparently he didn't know that the Delicate Arch is the one on the Utah License plates. I had been there before, so I assured him he would understand when he saw it and he definitely did. When we got there, I was afraid of going to stand under the Delicate Arch (it looks like there is a huge cliff behind it), but Rog, being the good husband he is, helped me overcome my fear.
I think the Devil's Garden Trail was my favorite. It was about 6 miles roundtrip to the Double O Arch with all of the other arches along the way. Wall Arch fell last August, so it was interesting to see where that arch used to be. We found and named Rog Arch. Obviously it isn't a real arch because it isn't 3 feet (we learned that is the definition on our Fiery Furnace Tour), but we had fun with it.
We visited the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands. The Grand Viewpoint was amazing, but we decided not to see more viewpoints because they would pretty much be the same thing. Rog says the Mesa Arch was his favorite arch, so it was worth making the extra drive for that (and just to be able to say we visited Canyonlands).
Our last day we went on the Fiery Furnace Tour. You can either pay for the tour or pay for a permit into the Fiery Furnace. Because there are no marked trails, we decided to take the tour option. We liked our ranger and it was cool to see what is in the Fiery Furnace. It's different from what you see anywhere else in Arches. If you go to Arches, definitely sign up for the tour in the visitor's center.
One of the guys on our tour carried a whole watermelon in as a joke, so we all got to benefit from that. The same guy also made a comment about how mormons have horns, but we'll overlook that... Pretty sure he didn't know we are mormons.
Before we did the Delicate Arch hike, Rog asked me if I thought we would understand why they call it the Delicate Arch when we saw it. I thought that was funny because isn't it obvious? Apparently he didn't know that the Delicate Arch is the one on the Utah License plates. I had been there before, so I assured him he would understand when he saw it and he definitely did. When we got there, I was afraid of going to stand under the Delicate Arch (it looks like there is a huge cliff behind it), but Rog, being the good husband he is, helped me overcome my fear.
I think the Devil's Garden Trail was my favorite. It was about 6 miles roundtrip to the Double O Arch with all of the other arches along the way. Wall Arch fell last August, so it was interesting to see where that arch used to be. We found and named Rog Arch. Obviously it isn't a real arch because it isn't 3 feet (we learned that is the definition on our Fiery Furnace Tour), but we had fun with it.
We visited the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands. The Grand Viewpoint was amazing, but we decided not to see more viewpoints because they would pretty much be the same thing. Rog says the Mesa Arch was his favorite arch, so it was worth making the extra drive for that (and just to be able to say we visited Canyonlands).
Our last day we went on the Fiery Furnace Tour. You can either pay for the tour or pay for a permit into the Fiery Furnace. Because there are no marked trails, we decided to take the tour option. We liked our ranger and it was cool to see what is in the Fiery Furnace. It's different from what you see anywhere else in Arches. If you go to Arches, definitely sign up for the tour in the visitor's center.
One of the guys on our tour carried a whole watermelon in as a joke, so we all got to benefit from that. The same guy also made a comment about how mormons have horns, but we'll overlook that... Pretty sure he didn't know we are mormons.
We loved seeing the amazing work of our Heavenly Father. I don't know how someone could believe there isn't a God after seeing that. So BEAUTIFUL!
That's a cute little arch you found... Nice work on taking, organizing and labeling the photos!
ReplyDelete.....i thought that was "all Inactive/Others have horns...and Big Red Letter A's"....but, i could be wrong.....
ReplyDeleteNice to have the watermelon anyhow. Lovely scenery...yes, who could not believe in a Creator , especially in beautiful Red Rock Country?
A former Meds psych has a very pretty photo of Delicate Arch in his office right here in Richmond...small world.
...ha, ha, the joke was on him...a f t e r you got the watermelon, you should have come up with some subtle way of letting him know the real story.....
ReplyDeleteHey hey! Look who can get on blogger again! Where are you doing all these cute little collages? I love them, what a cute idea!
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