Today will be awesome... We are heading to Arches National Park.
"Where is that?"
"It's in Utah, in the middle of the right side of the state."
Basically, it is a huge collection of natural rock arches.
"Over 2,000 of them!"
"They were formed when water eroded at the layers of rock built up over time."
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It was a short drive to the park from our cabin, only 45 min.
The first thing we did was drive up to the Delicate Arch trailhead. We passed a lot of stuff on the way there,-
"Because we really wanted to go hike!"
Yes Bunny. Even though we go there kinda early, there were still lots of people there.
It was a 3-mile strenuous hike.
"It was very strenuous; we had to hike up a big hill, then basically this side of a mountain made out of rock, then even higher and steeper up a mountain, until we got to the arch."
"It was AMAZING! And on the way up, we saw a cottontail bunny-rabbit! Just like me, see!"
"Anyway, the view was spectacular!"
But they were so tired from the hike up, they had to ride in my backpack for the way down.
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That hike was pretty hard, and it mostly wiped out the rest of the family too (including me!).
The rest of the day we took 3-4 small hikes, (less than one mile) to arches or scenic viewpoints. Overall, we had hiked almost 5 miles.
"That may not seem like a lot, but we were in the desert."
"We also were in a lot higher elevation than we are at home."
My brother and I both got a little overheated/elevation sickness.
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We had to stop by the grocery store on our way back to the cabin, and get food for tonight and tomorrow night.
For dinner, we had soup with bread and fried chicken. It was pretty good, but I had to go take the garbage to the dumpster afterwards.
Foxy & Bunny volunteered to come with me, but all they did was play on the playground while I dealed with the dumpster.
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Anyway, it was an AMAZING DAY!!
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Tomorrow's Hint:
We are going to see something very similar... But formed differently.
"Check it out! I'm balancing it on my nose!"
"Where is that?"
"It's in Utah, in the middle of the right side of the state."
Basically, it is a huge collection of natural rock arches.
"Over 2,000 of them!"
"They were formed when water eroded at the layers of rock built up over time."
- - - - - - - - - - -
It was a short drive to the park from our cabin, only 45 min.
The first thing we did was drive up to the Delicate Arch trailhead. We passed a lot of stuff on the way there,-
"Because we really wanted to go hike!"
Yes Bunny. Even though we go there kinda early, there were still lots of people there.
It was a 3-mile strenuous hike.
"It was very strenuous; we had to hike up a big hill, then basically this side of a mountain made out of rock, then even higher and steeper up a mountain, until we got to the arch."
"It was AMAZING! And on the way up, we saw a cottontail bunny-rabbit! Just like me, see!"
"Anyway, the view was spectacular!"
But they were so tired from the hike up, they had to ride in my backpack for the way down.
- - - - - - - - - - -
That hike was pretty hard, and it mostly wiped out the rest of the family too (including me!).
The rest of the day we took 3-4 small hikes, (less than one mile) to arches or scenic viewpoints. Overall, we had hiked almost 5 miles.
"That may not seem like a lot, but we were in the desert."
"We also were in a lot higher elevation than we are at home."
My brother and I both got a little overheated/elevation sickness.
- - - - - - - - - - -
We had to stop by the grocery store on our way back to the cabin, and get food for tonight and tomorrow night.
For dinner, we had soup with bread and fried chicken. It was pretty good, but I had to go take the garbage to the dumpster afterwards.
Foxy & Bunny volunteered to come with me, but all they did was play on the playground while I dealed with the dumpster.
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Anyway, it was an AMAZING DAY!!
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Tomorrow's Hint:
We are going to see something very similar... But formed differently.
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