Arches National Park was a real surprise. It was the most visually beautiful of the parks we have seen so far. Each time you turned a corner, there was always something else spectacular to see. It wasn’t just arches, but also other formations such as fins or rocks with names such Sheep Rock, Organ Rock and Balance Rock. We did some hiking to see some of the arch formations up close and it was well worth the trip.
After Arches, we made a quick stop at an almost unmarked site of dinosaur footprints, probably a camasauros and a three-toed allosarous. Very cool.
We had a long drive – 5.5 hours – to reach our next stop at Bryce Canyon. Along the way we saw something that is all too common in the West these days and that is a wildfire. This one was started by lightning and had been burning for two months already. It had closed I-70 the day before, but today we just saw heavy smoke covering about 30 or 40 miles of the road.
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