Arches

Yesterday we hit up Arches National Park. I was hoping to see some Big Horn Sheep in the park (there were signs up about watching for them cross the roadway) but I didn't get to see any. I did see a deer though.

Anyway, we got to see a bunch of arches. Apparently there are over 2000 of them in the park, I think we saw less than 20. We did a few small hikes to the windows section, to the overlook of Delicate Arch, and to Skyline arch. My favorite arch was the Sand Dunes Arches which was hidden among some rock formations called fins. We also wandered around balanced rock, which is a huge rock that looks like it's teetering on top of another rock. At some point during our visit it started to rain so we scrambled back to the car. The sky looked awesome during the storm though and fortunately the rain passed quickly and the sun came back out.

After we hit up all of the arches we wanted to see (and didn't require a 3 hour hike) we headed back to the hotel and relaxed in the hot tub and played cards in the room for awhile.

Today it is raining again. We are supposed to leave for Capitol Reef today but because of the rain we're taking our time and may head back into Arches for one more hike before we go to Capitol Reef. We're scheduled to be there all day tomorrow as well so we have plenty of time to explore the area.