Oh, my Arches! (National Park)

We had a pretty good day at Arches National Park. We finally got to experience some warm Southwest weather, but fortunately for us it wasn't really a scorcher. The high was a bit over 90 degrees, but it wasn't very humid so it was bearable. The sun was pretty intense, though, so any shade was welcome.

This park has a lot of different rock structures and I again had fun trying to capture the different looks in pictures. Many of the arches are visible from the road, but there are some that require various amounts of hiking to see well. With the weather a bit hotter than we are used to, we didn't do all the hikes, but we still were able to visit quite a few arches. We even had a picnic lunch at one of the picnic tables that was tucked under a nice shade tree.

I guess we're about done with the various rock formations of the Colorado Plateau, the next stop is Durango Colorado and a ride on the Durango and Silverton RR. WOOHOO!!