The Arches

Yesterday we spent the day at Arches National Park in Utah; truly amazing. We walked some of the trails (o.k. well not the long ones :o)). There was one called “The Fiery Furnace” and you needed a permit to hike it. We skipped that one. My favorite was the trail to the Sand Dune Arch. You had to walk through these massive rock formations and it was like you entered a secret courtyard. If I had my beach chair, a book, (and minus a couple of kids), it would have been perfect. ;0) Speaking of kids… the kids earned their Junior Ranger badges from The Arches. Now all they want to do is to go to places where they can earn badges. There are over 300 places in the U.S. where kids can earn Junior Ranger badges.

After the park, Ted went to the grocery store and I went to the laundry room with the kids. The kids were really excited because there was a game room next door with air hockey, pool table, chess, and video games.

After our busy day yesterday, we decided to slow down a little today. We went to “A Hole in the Wall”. It is a 5,000 square foot house inside of a “rock” that took 20 years to build. They don’t allow photography so I only have a picture of the outside. It’s only a 12 minute tour, but Ted says it was the longest 12 minutes of his life. 

The Sunset Grill  - High Above Moab, UT

The sun sets over Moab and The Arches

We then went back to the campground to swim and ended our day at The Sunset Grill in Moab - Breathtaking sunset over the rock formations and really good food.















Learn more about:
The Arches: http://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm
The Hole: http://theholeintherock.com/house.html
The very interesting history behind
The Sunset Grill: http://www.sunsetgrillmoab.com/history.html

ALSO, Be Sure to Check out The Photo Gallery #2 for more Arches photos as well as updates for Grand Canyon and Monument Valley.
(Our blog technical team has acquired the latest MiFi technology so campground WiFi issues will hopefully be a thing of the past!)