Arches

Delicate Arch

Alex takes in view near Delicate Arch

Girls hike toward Delicate Arch

Wow.  Arches National Park lived up to its reputation as a scenic wonderland.  Just like the Grand Canyon, the pictures just don't do it justice.  The whole place is otherworldly--unlike any terrain I have seen anywhere else on Earth.  We drove in to the park fairly early and parked at the Delicate Arch trailhead.  We were lucky that during the two mile hike to the Delicate Arch, we had enough cloud cover that the heat was tolerable.  After reaching the Arch and taking a few photos, we hiked back to the RV and drove the the Devil's Garden trail.  We couldn't talk the kids into another hike, so Natalie, Tessa and I did some of the trails on our own.  We ate lunch in the RV and then drove to some of the other scenic overlooks in the park, including the Balanced Rock, and the Fiery Furnace.  All were amazing.  The hiking wore us all out, so we decided to skip a bicycle ride and instead visit the local movie theater.  We moved the RV to a park inside of Moab (our last one was about 5 miles outside of town), and walked to Moab's only movie theater.  Of our three choices for movies, we picked "Zookeeper".  Probably only worth seeing if your choices are as limited as ours were.  But it was a nice, relaxing outing after all of our hiking.

Andi is worn out from hike to the Arch

Landscape Arch

Tessa on Devil's Garden Trail

Balanced Rock

Nat looks down from trail to Delicate Arch