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| Jeff and Henry holding up the Sand Dune Arch |
We got a good breakfast, but the prices there made the $5.50 per person look like a real deal. Lesson learned. Moab is not a cheap place to visit. Probably because it's a bit out of the way, and tourism is its primary industry. There are probably lots of people who have to earn their year's salary between March and October.
After breakfast, we picked up some water and some ice for the cooler, and headed off to Arches to see the parts of the park that look best in the morning light.
Our first stop was the trail to the Sand Dune Arch. We hiked in between tall boulders in cool, red sand until we came to an arch up on the right. The sand is made from the wind eroding the red rocks, and it's just like the sand at the beach, except it's red. The short hike was amazing. Among the boulders, the temperature was so much cooler that out under the sun. It was a bit challenging hiking through the sand, but it was so much fun, and so neat to see. It was one of the highlights of our time in Arches.
Next, we drove out to the Devil's Garden section of the park. It's at the end of the drive through Arches. We took a mile and a half hike out to see a few arches: Pine Tree, Tunnel, Landscape, Double O and Navajo. We got our workout going up and down the hills, but again, there was something to see no matter where you looked. It was my turn to be the pack mule carrying the water and we needed it in the heat.
We had fun looking at formations and saying what we thought they looked like again. We passed a rock that looked like a crouching tiger, a hippo, and a pig today.
The kids are almost done with their Junior Ranger booklets, so tomorrow we'll go see a movie at the Visitors Center and they can get their badges.
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