September 25, 2013
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Epic Road Trip, Day 9, part 4
More photos from Arches National Park, on our last full day there.
I can pinch the Balanced Rock!
Here's another balanced rock, but it isn't as famous as the other one.
These are the salt flats. The ground has "waves" or lumps and sometimes when the sun hit just right it was a little sparkly.
Evidence of a bit of underground upheaval....
Here's the Delicate Arch, probably one of the most famous arches in the park.
The hike up to the viewpoint was short, if a little steep. But it was so hot that it took us a long time to do it, so I got a few pictures along the way.
The color here was the exact shade of green of the grass seed they spray on the hillsides here at home for erosion control. It's not grass seed but it was sure pretty to see. It was shiny, too.
At the upper viewpoint I was sad to discover the trail to the actual arch was...well, somewhere else. I would have made the kids go but I expected there to be a trail and wasn't really excited about just taking off for it without one.
Some nice Asian guy took our photo for us.
Then, while all the way up the trail the kids couldn't stop whining about the heat, once we arrived, Quin ran back and forth along the rocks. At one point I looked back for him and noticed a photo op. I yelled at him to stop running, take 2 steps thataway, no, three! Stay.....
This was the only shade at the viewpoint and both kids at one point, tried to climb under the rock to take a break from the sun.
Back in the car with the A/C on high, we cruised around the park some more.
There will be one more post for Day 9, including some sunset shots you won't want to miss!
