It was raining when I woke up, but then, after breakfast, the sun appeared. Cool, I prefer that!
I visited Arches National Park, 5 miles North of Moab. It's a relatively small Park compared to the Grand Canyon. There is a 35 miles scenic loop you can do with your car. You can visit (by foot) a dozen interesting sites: a trail will lead you to the arches or to the special geological structures. These trails can be short (half an hour) or long (up to five hours hiking). I had one day so I only made short hikes. Hereafter, the nicest point of views. By the way, in this desert like environment, I found some nice little flowers!
I visited Arches National Park, 5 miles North of Moab. It's a relatively small Park compared to the Grand Canyon. There is a 35 miles scenic loop you can do with your car. You can visit (by foot) a dozen interesting sites: a trail will lead you to the arches or to the special geological structures. These trails can be short (half an hour) or long (up to five hours hiking). I had one day so I only made short hikes. Hereafter, the nicest point of views. By the way, in this desert like environment, I found some nice little flowers!
You can see the windows arches (a north window and a south window) and the double arch. This is the nicest double arch of the park.
The delicate arch is the most famous one: you can see it on the Utah license plates. You can hike and stand under it, but it takes three hours, and I didn't have time. Mmmh, I think I'll have to come back (^_^)!!!!
The skyline arch doubled its size in 1941 when a huge chunk fell off.
The landscape arch is extremely thin. It's the longest arch in the park (93 meters). A huge piece fell off the arch in 1991. And since then you can't approach this arch too close...
There is also the balanced rock: I don't want to stand in this area the day it will collapse (it will happen one day...).
