{"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":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/01\/utah-arches-np\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Discoveries 4: More of Arches National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3549\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_9812.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3549\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_9812-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"My awesome boys!\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_9812-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_9812-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My awesome boys!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3537\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_0618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3537 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_0618-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0618\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_0618-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_0618-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There&#8217;s much more to see at Arches NP. This is near the &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Playground&#8221; part of the park. Another popular hiking spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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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It happened to have Arches National Park photographs surrounding. Dave tried to get the geology on the RV aligned with the horizon, ha ha! 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