Arches National Park

Today was all about Arches. After thinking that the boys might go biking in the morning, they had a later than expected start, so we headed up to Arches National Park and spent the whole afternoon there. It was quite chilly -- only about 45 and really windy -- so the park was not too crowded. We made it to every stop on the paved road, and got out multiple times for quarter- to half-mile walks.

Seba and the husband enjoyed Skyline Arch the most, because they could climb the rocks in front of the arch. Since I'm afraid of heights, I took photos from down below. It was the first up close and personal arch we saw, though.

The other arch we were able to get close to was Pine Tree Arch. Here, we were pretty much right under it. We talked about how being under it when it decided to give way would be a very historical way to go. It's at the very end of the drivable roads in Arches. Seeing it and Tunnel Arch made for about a mile round trip walk -- not much work for so much amazing landscape!

 

We're in the house we bought at an auction for one more night, and then we'll be moving into the KOA in our trailer. There are so many commercial RV campgrounds in town. It will be interesting to see what the KOA is like. I have no idea how we would pick a commercial campground if it didn't have the KOA name, and I'm not even sure we WOULD pick a commercial campground again after having seen how beautiful the BLM sites are. We shall see.