{"id":3528,"date":"2015-01-01T13:46:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T18:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2015-01-01T16:55:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T21:55:48","slug":"utah-arches-np","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/01\/utah-arches-np.html","title":{"rendered":"Utah Discoveries 4: More of Arches National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’s much more to see at Arches NP. This is near the “Devil’s Playground” part of the park. Another popular hiking spot.<\/p><\/div>\n

After our morning hike to Delicate Arch, we elected to drive through the rest of the park because it got very warm in a hurry. It took us\u00a0about two hours to drive through the park enjoying the additional arches and geology.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos from our drive.<\/p>\n

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This is the view from the visitors center parking lot, looking south towards Moab.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is one of those “RV America” rentals. It happened to have Arches National Park photographs surrounding. Dave tried to get the geology on the RV aligned with the horizon, ha ha! I think he did a really good job.<\/p><\/div>\n

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After our morning hike to Delicate Arch, we elected to drive through the rest of the park because it got very warm in a hurry. 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