Arches National Park

Yipee! Another 360 km drive from Vernal to Moab over Highway 191! But it was rather pleasant because we drove through Ashley National Forest most of the time. The roads were getting in worse shape than before. It was Monday today and everywhere the road works had restarted so we had to wait quit a few times to be able to pass. We also drove through Uintah Mountains and over the Steinaker Dam. Just before Moab you have two major national parks: Canyonlands and Arches. As we're booked for Canyonlands the next day, we decided to take our time to visit the red rocky structures of Arches National Park. It's a long drive by car, but in order to see some of the arches one has to hike on the trails. The longest is 7 miles long. Once more it was quite hot down here, about 83 degrees (28 Celsius) and with a very dry and hot wind. We did a couple of the trails and I did about three quarters of the longest trail. The evening fell and the sunset gave even more beautiful colors over these natural structures. We left the park and checked in at the Super 8 at Moab, and now on to dinner at Denny's and a good night's sleep! Bye kiddies