We drove into the park and up and up and up. When we entered the park, we were given a map. It’s a huge park. HUGE! You could easy spend days here and not be disappointed or bored.
Our first stop was at the La Sal Mountains Viewpoint. We pulled off to the viewing area and parked.
There are so many pictures that we took and I honestly don’t even know how to narrow them down.
This is just the first viewpoint that we stopped at and there is so much more.
We got back in the car and carried on until we came to this formation called “The Organ”
The photo doesn’t do this justice. We took a video and it’s incredible and even then, still doesn’t translate.
We drove past The Great Wall and the Petrified Dunes and headed to Balanced Rock because the boys were desperate to get out of the vehicle and walk around.
There was a short easy walk around the base of Balanced Rock and we started with that.
It started out on a cement path and progressed to more of a trampled pathway through the the sand and brush.
It doesn’t matter which way you turn or what you look at; the colors, the shapes, the textures – everything is so incredibly gorgeous!
Even dead trees are gorgeous.
Look, it’s true! I really was here!
Siah twisted his ankle while monkeying around Balanced Rock. He probably should have quit at that point but he kept going. We packed back into the truck and headed to the Lower and Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoints. I believed that the hike to the actual Delicate Arch would be too much for Siah’s ankle.
The Lower Viewpoint was nothing and both boys swore they could make the Upper Viewpoint, although they seemed quite happy to stop about 3/4’s of the way up the path. It’s a decent incline on a sandy, rocky path.
Delicate Arch from the Upper Viewpoint
After we made it back down the path and to our truck; we headed to the Fiery Furnace Viewpoint to use the toilets and from there we headed to see the Sand Dune Arch and planned to do the circuit of Broken Arch and Tapestry Arch.
I’m going to split this into another part because otherwise it’s going to be just too long……to be continued!
