The Arches!!!

 In a place, far, far away, you will find Moab.  Moab, Utah, that is.....

 There is a nice visitor's center with a museum and a short film.

But then, outside in the National Park, you see some pretty cool stuff!  We have been looking forward to visiting this park for a long time.  Many movies, like Star Wars and Indiana Jones were filmed here, so it makes for quite an adventure.  :)

Here is the 'Balanced Rock.'

The 'Double Arch.'

'Windows' is also part of what you will see on the many short hikes you can visit.

Wolfe Ranch is still here with their cabin and corral that was built in 1906!  :)  Our RV is bigger than this home.  :)

There are petroglyphs on the way to 'Delicate Arch.'  Too cool!

Now, let me explain something here.......
We decided to take an 'easy hike' to visit the 'Delicate Arch.'  Not only was this hike NOT easy!  But it was UP HILL the whole way!  It takes the average person 3-4 hours to complete!  Really......
Now, it was cool, until we realized that we got lost, and then we were on the wrong side of the Arch, and had to back-track to actually SEE the Arch from the front, safely, I must add......

 I'll tell you what.  These kids are AWESOME.  We made it in 3 hours with one of these guys being THREE YEARS OLD!  YEAH!  It was a real accomplishment, and a picture well earned!


On our way back to the visitor's center to get badges, Hannah, my bug-loving-girlie-girl, found this praying-mantis.  Nice....... :)

 We were all so exhausted from that big hike, that our legs were like Jell-O!!!

Way to go Golden Gang!


Blessings,
Steph