11 September – Wednesday

One of the major attractions in Arches National Park is the Double Arch
After we hiked to the Double Arch, we hiked to the North and South Window Arches with a view of the Turret Arch. We were tired after the double hike with its elevation change.
The Delicate Arch from the viewpoint. You can hike about a mile to get close to the arch but we were too tired.
Navajo Arch
The Courthouse section I think

We got up early today to head to Arches National Park. Temperatures were really great today and we were actually a little cool hiking this morning. Last week Moab hit about 111 deg, but today it stayed mostly in the 70’s or below. We lucked out on the weather this week. Arches is full of really dramatic geography including…what else… arches. The park was very busy and we had difficulty finding a parking spots at the major attractions. We did the relatively easy hike to the Double Arch and to the North/South Widows Arches. Really impressive. We drove to the Delicate Arch viewpoint but weren’t adventurous enough to take the hike to see it closer. We drove all of the paved roads in the park and enjoyed all of the scenic turnouts. We completed the park by 1pm and headed back to town for lunch. We ate at the Moab Brewery for lunch. The steak sandwich was excellent.