We spent the day at Arches National Park. The scenery is spectacular. It starts with a 700 foot climb up the face of a cliff face that is one side of an enormous fault. Once you get to the top, the road winds by some amazing rock formations. The colors are many shades of red. The formations include spires, small buttes, vertical walls, and rock falls.
Further into the park are the arches. The first main one is a double arch. There's a trail up to it that allows a person to get directly under the arches. Looking up from below is like looking at the buttresses in a large cathedral. Things get better from there. All in all we visited at least 8 arches. I say "we", but it was really me. The wife's knee kept her from venturing far from the truck. That was too damn bad as she missed out on seeing most of the park's best features.
After spending most of the day in the park, we went to a sporting goods store and bought her a walking stick. Hopefully she'll be able to get around better using it.
The day ended with a desert hike to exercise the dog and try out the walking stick. The dog had a great time and the stick allowed my wife to participate.
The original plan was to go to Gallup. We've decided to stay an extra day and explore some more of the area.
In reviewing the pictures I took today I found that the color balance is off in all of them. Thank heavens for Photoshop. Now to RTFM until I identify the button that I must have inadvertently pushed.
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