Arches National Park

Although this is a crowded national park, it is worth visiting for sure. It's like an alien world, with random rock blobs poking up here & there, rows of rock spines, and, of course, the arches. Apparently, there are over 2,500 natural arches in the park.

Balanced Rock

From some angles, this looked like E.T.'s head...maybe I was in 'alien mode' :)

Windows arches

Landscape arch-

the area beneath is the size of a football field!

walking along a flat spine among many

Not a fantastic shot with the exposure issues...

but, here you see 'Double Arch'

Delicate Arch-

Brandon waited forever to get a shot without people in it

as they kept running up to get their photo taken under the arch.

Although this is a popular arch to visit (there were herds of people up there), it is pretty cool. You hike on slickrock the whole way, then along a ledge with decent exposure, and end up here looking at this one random arch with the La Salle Mountains in the background.

All in all, I think we got some 10 or 11 miles of hiking in that day, between the multiple trails. The wind was whipping around much of the day so we were covered (in our ears, up our noses, etc.) in a layer of dust. Moab is set up well for campers like us who like to play and get dirty but also like to clean up...we were able to get a $3 shower at the fancy and clean town pool/recreation center.