'10 Welcome back to Arches National Park
Bridget and I
met-up with my buddy John and his dauhter Lauren in Chicago.
Their flight from Syracuse endured great turbulence. John,
not being a fan of flying, came off the plane white as a sheet with
very little remaining in his stomach.
After a minor SNAFU at the Denver airport, we took a puddle-jumper over the Rockies to Moab --an airport staffed by a single TSA agent and a car rental guy.
This is Lauren toppling stones
Great photo ops at Sandy Arch ... and *lots* of sand!
Our first good hike took us through Broken Arch
John and Bridget exploring between the rocks
Hiking through, path or no path
See those little dots? We're going to be those little dots!
--look to right of and well beyond the center bush
Now, we are those dots, soon to be the dots standing just right of
the center stone at peak of the climb --very, very tiny!
Finally, we reached Delicate Arch
Our next stop was brielfy at Dead Horse Point with rain coming
John, caught between rock and a hard place at Hickman's Bridge
Lauren, asking "Where the heck are we going?!"
Bridget, pulling John out of another tight spot.
John, pondering how much further to the car,
as we're half way through our hike across the Frying Pan
Atop Cassidy's Arch
Looking behind at Cassidy's Arch
Hey look!, I can see our car!
Traffic jam encountered on our way to Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon hoo-doos
John, knocking over a hoo-doo
Switchback to the Queen's Garden trail
Taking a picture of taking a picture
Hiking chimney Rock
Atop the Chimney
Capitol Reef canyon
Which way to go?
Answer to the question; Do chipmunks like grapes? --"*Yes*, are you kdding?!"
Entering the Grand Wash
"Look ma, I found a cave!"
Fun at sunset
Colors of sunrise
