Arches National Park

12 years ago

Today we went to Arches NP. The weather was beautiful in the mid 80's we had a few sprinkles but nothing to worry about. I got out at a lot of the stops and did some walking also.

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jemdandy
12 years ago
Arches is one of my favorite places. We had toured it 25 years ago and we saw it again last year. In the interim, one of the major arches had fallen; I believe it was "Landscape" arch. I tried to hike back to "Delicate Arch" but could not make it without possible getting into difficulty. The sign said 2 miles, but I think it was more. The altitude, heat, and steep inclines became too much since I was out-of-shape. I turned back before I passed my point of no-return. I really did want to photograph it - maybe some day. I'll keep it on my bucket list.
gazania_gw
12 years ago
Nita, your pictures are wonderful. Thanks for posting them. Seeing them has sent me into a closet to find the prints of all those that we took 22 years ago when we motorcycled through many of the same places. Wonderful memories of beautiful places. I still hope to be able to visit them again.
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Sherry, If you go to see the giant redwood/sequoia trees, please realize that there are dozens of places worth seeing them along the coast from the CA/OR border to central California and in the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the CA/NV border that each have their own unique appeal. It would take a week just to explore all of the big tree NP's, SP's, SRA's, SNR's and Monuments in CA alone. When I lived in San Francisco, Russian Gulch, Big Basin SP and Mount Madonna were favorites, but after I moved to Carmel it was all about Polo Colorada Canyon and the many spots around Pfeiffer Big Sur. I'll have to tell you about my very rare and unique coffee table made from a Polo Colorado Cyn giant and Bixby Creek driftwood sometime. Yes, "mesa" is a term loosly applied to any landform in the arid west with a flat top and verticle cliff sides, and they are quite common. They are also referred to as table mountains, buttes, potrero or tuya depending on how they were formed and their characteristics and can vary from small ones like those in the BDW to the Grand Mesa in CO which is the largest in the world at around 500 square miles on top. Sometimes plateau is also used wrongly. They don't always have the verticle sides and are much bigger covering huge areas up to millions of square miles. Yes I could move back to St.George I guess, although in many ways the cost of living is higher there than Vegas. I'm sure some of my old friends are still there and kicking. But since my Dad lives there now I wouldn't even consider it.
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This thread is making me look forward to when I have more time to leisurely travel the parks -- of the 63 I've only been in 15. Thus, I can't possibly pick the best. @DLM2000 it is interesting to see someone call out North Cascades. I believe it is one of the least visited parks. Most of it is reachable only on foot. I worked two summers in college in the center, in the NRA area. I quite liked Acadia - especially in the fall, like sueb. Yosemite despite its popularity is still a great one but Sequoia (and Mineral King) are quite special for the trees and the high altitude hiking. In many parks, I think the best parts take work to access and thus aren't as popular to mass tourism.
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jkayd_il5
12 years ago
Beautiful. Would like to visit there someday. Thanks for the pictures.
susanjf_gw
12 years ago
best story to tell...we went to arches and didn't want to back track to the freeway so saw a small "local road" on the map (this was back in 1978) so we proceeded on this road (one side a cliff the other a river...ok not bad and scenic...well it got smaller and all of a sudden here we are at a wood bridge one car wide! bit the bullet and gingerly drove over it and made our way on to the freeway...it was one of the best bets we made on the trip! wonder if it's still there??
SunnyDJ
12 years ago
Your pictures are absolutely gorgeous....I especially love the last one....We do indeed have a beautiful country, don't we?
ont_gal
12 years ago
Gorgeous Nita-thanks you for todays travels!!
joan_mn
12 years ago
I LOVE Utah! Great pics, Nita. That last one if my very favorite, too.
pam_25f
12 years ago
Wow! So beautiful.

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