Today we completed our visit to Arches National Park, we had a wonderful day wandering among the rocks of Arches NP. The weather was again clear and bright, though with a chilly wind, however it warmed up quite nicely in the afternoon. We started off by watching the video at teh Visitor Center, which had some excellent imagery, then we drove right to the other end of the park, so that we could work back to the start. Right at the other end is the area called Devils Garden, which has a series of walks which they say are not easily accessible by wheelchair, fortunately this time they were accessible, so sally and I set out with our lunch to see as many arches as we could. We both got to Landscape Arch (0.8 mile up the track), which I think is probably the most impressive of the arches as it is so slender and long. i then went further up the track to look at almost hidden Navajo Arch and the beautiful view through Partition Arch. Amazingly on the somewhat steep path I ran into a couple that we had met while staying at Monument Valley on May 5th, 2011. They are members of the RVforum.net, which I sort of keep up with. I think they were surprised when I not only recognised them but also remembered where I had met them!
After our lunch Sally and I were able to walk to Pine Tree Arch and Tunnel Arch, Pine Tree Arch was the first arch that Sally could actually walk up to! we then completed our walk, which, as the photos show, was among all sorts of fascinating sandstone outcrops and slot canyons.
We drove back from Devils garden stopping at Sand Dune Arch, which is tucked away amongst some rock fins, accessed through narrow slot canyons. It is a small but very pretty arch.
Finally we drove the short side road that took us to Delicate Arch, we could only access the lower viewpoint, as to get to the arch itself is a 3 mile hike which is not wheelchair friendly. This view was quite distant from the arch and somewhat disappointing, however we had another wonderful day among these amazing rocks. Since the trip had taken longer than planned we again ate at Denny's and will stay in Moab another extra day to do some laundry tomorrow.
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