Arches National Park

in Desert Hiking Road Trip utah on October 18, 2014 October 18, 2014 with 2 Comments

Since Jason and I pushed so hard to get into Moab on Monday night we were rewarded with an entire day off on Tuesday to explore. We started our morning in Arches National Park. I took so many pictures it took me almost all week to get them sorted and uploaded. Totally worth it!

but first.. doesn't the Mini look nice against the red sandstone? ;) — but first.. doesn’t the Mini look nice against the red sandstone? 😉

Fun fact: always make hotel reservations early in Moab. It fills up fast!

The sun rising behind balancing rock.

Another cool shot of that.

so many large rocks in the middle of the desert... — so many large rocks in the middle of the desert…

Balancing rock in the sunshine

Balancing rock with the moon in the background.

I love the trees out here

Heart

sandstone cliffs

Sunlight through another small arch

Cactus everywhere. Be careful hiking!

hole in the rock

This is double arch. Someone built a rock stack that makes it look like a face!

Half of double arch

Another one

Arch through an arch

I love the light in the desert

Another heart rock. I like finding these

Cactus

Lonely little tree

Stack of rocks

The Desert!!!!

Playing with light again

Layers of rock

More shadows

Someone lost a hat

Don't remember what this one is — Don’t remember what this one is

another

Landscape behind the arches

Towers at Fiery Furnace

Love these gnarly desert trees.

Delicate arch from the lower viewpoint.

Delicate arch.

There was still so much left in this park to see, but it was getting hot and we were getting hungry! So we ran back into town for some lunch. We will definitely be back here. The scenery was amazing!

Jessica October 18, 2014 at 1:35 pm

Wow! I love all your light and shadow play. I bet you are loving it.
Elizabeth October 18, 2014 at 6:57 pm

Wow! My cousins went there last year and forced me to look through all their “photography”. It’s amazing how your skill makes the same sights infinitely more fun to look at! Love, love, love the picture of the gnarled desert trees!