On Saturday, Oct. 26th we drove up to Arches National Park, just a few short miles outside of Moab UT, where we are staying for a month.
Our first stop was at "Double Arch" a magnificent arch with two windows in the same arch.
Yes, those are people standing inside of the arch, giving you some perspective of how huge this sandstone arch really is.
This is the back "window" of the double arch, more than 100-feet high and more than 150-feet wide. Several people climbed up into the opening which drops off more than 200-feet on the other side. They seemed pretty nervous up there and only stayed long enough for their friends to get a picture, then came down quickly.
Dad took a picture of Mom and Courtney near the opening to the back window. They were wise enough not to go up into the window and chance falling, unlike some other people.
Just outside of the double arch is another attraction called 'the Elephant". Do you see the resemblance?
Later that day I stayed home to take a nap while everyone else drove further into the park to do some hiking up near the "Windows" arches. Dogs, even cute puppies like me, are not allowed on the trails in Arches NP. These twin arches are equally as huge as the double arch. They are situated side by side in a sandstone wall and appropriately named the "North Window" and the "South Window." If you look closely, you will see people in these arches as well.
The last arch we explored was "Turret Arch". This one faced directly West so we stayed long enough to watch the sun go down behind it. Then Mom and Chris took some Milkyway pictures through it once it became full dark. There will be some pictures of that later on.
Chris drove everybody home in the dark, and I was very pleased to see them all safely at home, even though they were out past their curfew.
Tomorrow we are going back to Arches NP to explore some more😊.
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