Something called Jeep Week? We were lucky that other than dinner on our second night here, we didn't get stuck in any traffic, but these jeeps were everywhere! However the kids did enjoy our condo, and so did their sleepy pets.
We got up earlish and headed to Arches National Park. It was a short drive and we went to the Delicate Arch hiking trail. They were doing construction in this area so you have to get there early to get a spot. We were lucky! The trail was part trail, part rock scrambling and we ended up here:
It probably would have been fine but I wouldn't let anyone move from this spot! Look, the trail here was like a 2 foot wide strip off a cliff and James would turn around and say hey mom look at this. TURN AROUND AND WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING JAMES!!!
Haha. Mark and the boys liked to tease me.
The hike down.
Other rock formations:
Double arch:
Forshadowing:
This was at Sun Dune Arch. It was in this canyon formation.
The wind from the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley had followed us here so it was a lot colder than it was supposed to be. But in this formation, all the wind funneled in here and blew sand. It was terrible. There was a bunch of people who ran from here yelling. Sand got everywhere. It was like living in Lubbock. No, Andy, you don't need to get dirtier.
After this, we weren't sure what to do. We had planned to stay longer, but with the wind we didn't want to stay in Arches. We decided to drive about 45 minutes to Canyonlands National Park. We didn't do a lot of hiking, but still got to see a lot. We drove to the edge of the canyon.
See, still windy.
Then we drove to Mesa Arch where there was a little hike, and you could see the canyon through the arch.
This was my favorite picture from the whole trip:
From there we drove back to the condo after a full day!
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