The Agnew Family aboard the "Dog House"

Arches National Park is one of the many parks in the area and we decided to spend the day there. Unfortunately, Zaph could only enjoy the drive as dogs are not allowed on the trails in National Parks — obviously the person who made the rule was not a dog lover. There are several roads that go through the park as well as many hiking trails (between a .3 of a mile to about 7 miles round trip). We saw Balanced Rock, the petrified dunes, many different types of towers, the Fiery Furnace, lots of interesting arches and some incredible scenery. We hiked most of Devil’s Garden, this trail winds among tall fins to “Landscape Arch” (the largest arch in the park) then continues across or on top of sandstone fins. I couldn’t believe that the views just got better and better.

note: I got a bit carried away on the photos.. sorry but there was so many



our trailer park


Arches NP


more of arches NP


Balanced Rock at Arches NP


The Double Arch at Arches NP


Frances climbing the rocks in the Double Arch


The Turret Arch at Arches NP


The Skyline Arch



close up view of tops of the rock formations at the Fiery Furnace


Fins near Skyline arch


The Sand Dune Arch


Near Sand Dune Arch


The Broken Arch from a distance



More fins



The largest of the arches, the Landscape Arch drops a large section of rock in 1991, resulting in the NPS closing the trail under the arch to hikers


Walking along the top of fin with a very deep canyon to the right


The Double O Arch


Scaling the slick rock


No one said this was an easy hike


a view of the valley from the Partition Arch


the final one of the day... The Navajo Arch