Arches National Park, Utah
Arches National Park, Utah
My personal favourite National Park in Utah has to be Arches, the home ground of the famous Delicate Arch.
Delicate Arch, after years and years of weathering.
You'll have to hike on foot for approximately 1 hour to get the slightest view of the Delicate Arch(and another hour back down the same path you went up). I climbed up the sandy steps, rocky slopes, across huge areas of smooth rock surfaces and finally up the winding mountain ridge before it comes into view.
You'll only get a glimpse of the arch if you reach the end of the trail, which means you cannot give up after a short hike and say that you've seen it from far away and that's good enough.
The following photo is evidence that I hiked all the way up :P
I managed to go all the way despite a few moments of vertigo.
The Landscape Arch was another amazing work of nature.
The right side of the arch became thinner years back when a huge mass of rock fell off from the main body without warning as tourists stood right below the arch taking photos.
The humans in the picture are there to depict the relative size of the Landscape Arch.
Besides the many arches, there are some other interesting rock forms like the Balancing Rock.
It rocks back and forth when the wind blows.
No, of cause I am kidding. The rock does not rock when it gets windy.
Below are some other random photos we took at the park, some of which are displayed solely for entertainment.
Double Arch and ePoser.
Muscle Arch, created by yours truly who was unable to properly integrate her biceps with nature.
You are losing focus, you were supposed to look at the beauty of the arch form and not the crazy human form.
A heart shaped formation we spotted by chance along the trail which leads to Landscape Arch.
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