Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Arches National Park, Utah


We had an RV pad reservation at Arches National Park just north of Moab, UT. There are no hook-ups (water, electric) in the National Parks which made it pretty rustic. There are over 2,000 arches throughout the park and their sheer size is somewhat overwhelming. We hiked to or through a number of arches. There are no guard rails or park rangers to tell you what to do or not do. Everything is in its natural state.

Photo: At the entrance to the "Park Avenue Trail"



Photo: "Park Avenue" is named for the massive rock slabs that resemble the skyscrapers in NYC.



















Photo: Pam with Landscape Arch in the background. This 305' long arch had a 60' by 11' slab fall off in 1991 leaving it only 6' thick.





















Photo: Hiking up to Delicate Arch






Photo: Delicate Arch (notice the size of the people at the base of the arch).

Photo: Moonrise from our Arches Nat'l Park campsite





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