Utah Day 2

June 21, 2015 (Sunday)

Arches National Park - Balanced Rock

We were up bright and early and waiting for the 6:30 breakfast to be set up. After a super quick breakfast, we headed to Arches National Park. The previous day got over 100 degrees so we wanted to do hikes before the temps got too high for the day.

Arches was a pretty cool park. We did not have a ton of time to spend there, since we wanted to shower at the hotel before the long drive back to Denver for our 11:50PM flight. Our first stop was the Balanced Rock. There was a very short trail around the rock. We hiked the Windows loop trail, which gave us a close up view of the North and South Windows as well as the Turret Arch. The Windows Arches are the largest in the park. Also in the same parking lot (opposite side) we hiked up to the Double Arch.

Arches National Park - Turret Arch

Arches National Park - Double Arch

Arches National Park - Delicate Arch

We also drove to the Delicate Arch Viewpoint. We opted for the short walk for the view. Delicate Arch is the world’s most famous arch, honestly I am not sure why – maybe because we did not hike to the arch, but the viewpoint?

Ice cream was calling our names so we made a pit stop at the Dairy Queen in Glenwood Springs. The ice cream there was really creamy – yum!

On our way back to Denver, along I-70, we spotted some long-horn sheep with some lambs walking along a mountain.

An old high school friend lives in Denver and we had to pleasure of meeting up with her at the Ruby Tuesday near the airport. It was great to get a visit in with her.