We hopped back in the car again for a quick drive to Arches National Park.
Loved the picture window in the visitors center that highlighted the surrounding beauty.
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n made an arch from his piece of dried mango.
Our first stop was Balanced Rock.
There is a trail that encircles the whole rock so you can see it from all angles. n wrote that this was his favorite place in the park in his junior ranger booklet.
It was fairly windy, as demonstrated by D.
Our next stop was Double Arches since the Windows Section parking was full.
This is where k “hit the wall”, so to speak. Miraculously, n was eventually able to bring her back around.
Working hard on his jr. ranger booklet. k wrote this was her favorite place in the park.
That’s D, fourth from the left.
We did not move our car, so we had a bit of extra hiking to see the North and South Window Arches.
We also took a detour to see Turret Arch.
Being this was our third park of the day, we were understandably tired. We drove to Moab, which is just outside of the park and ate dinner at Milt’s Stop & Eat.
There was a long line outside to order.
The food took a long time to come out and n was getting hangry.
We ordered onion rings, the kids had chicken tenders and hot dogs, and D and I both ordered chicken sandwiches with bacon and blue cheese.
Oh, and we also shared a large raspberry milkshake, of which we neglected to take a picture. So good!