My husband and I recently visited several national parks in southern Utah. Arches National Park was our hands-down favorite. The rock formations and colors were amazing!
My favorite was Double Arch, shown below.
I think my husband’s favorite was Delicate Arch, the iconic arch for which the park is known.
We worked hard for this view! It was a good hour of uphill climbing, but it was well worth it. The trail was labeled difficult and I’d have to say it lived up to it. I think I’d add another D word: dangerous. I’m not a worrier or scared of heights, but it sure would be easy to get hurt on this trail!
Check out this video showing a little bit of the hike back down. Yes, it was exactly as treacherous as it looks AND there was two-way traffic here! That’s hubby leading the way and I was the idiot who was filming!
DON’T WATCH IF YOU’RE SCARED OF HEIGHTS
Here are some of the other noteworthy sights we saw. This is Balanced Rock.
Tunnel Arch
I forget the name of this one.
Here’s another little video about a different trail, named Park Avenue. Aren’t the colors amazing?
We also visited some other parks in the area. At Capitol Reef National Park we saw petroglyphs. Can you make them out?
Arches was, to me, even more amazing than the Grand Canyon. I loved the colors!
Ellen Lindner
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