We've been to Arches National Park twice before so this time we avoided the arches themselves (and the endless crowds) and just enjoyed some of the magnificent rock formations instead. This is the best time to visit this area as well as the Fall so there were a LOT of people...and buses full of tourists as well. One day, we turned around at the entrance because there were at least 30 cars in each of the two lanes to get into the park.
As usual...the rock formations are beyond description so I'm going to just put a number of photos in here and, at the end, you'll see a link to the photos we took last year.
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| See the Arch? |
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| Katie likes the rocks too! |
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| This Kayenta formation had three layers. This one at the bottom, called the Dewer, is the softest, hence the horizontal erosion. |
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| What odd formations |
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| One of many Arches in the park |
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| Fiery Furnace area |
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| Balanced rock to the left |
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| Fiery Furnace area closeup. The white is where the iron has leached out of the rock |
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| Wiped out after a hike |
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| Resting |
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| Katie's paw prints in the sand |
And we saw Mater in the town !
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| I wanna see, I wanna see ! |
Nice visit to Arches once again.
Steve, Kim and Katie
Here's a link to the photos we took the last visit:
https://plus.google.com/photos/100376105788369441882/albums/5868396503778844209
...and last year's blog entry...
http://stricksretirement.blogspot.com/2013/04/arches-national-park.html
http://stricksretirement.blogspot.com/2013/04/arches-more-photos.html
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