Liz, John, Alex & Mikey: picture from our trip to Arches National Park

There was no road work that we saw. I figure that these signs had been in storage all winter and the construction workers had to make sure that the signs still worked. There was work when we were coming home, but here we were stopped for at least 5 minutes for nothing.

This rock was in our campground, a great climbing rock.

Mikey in the trailer.

Entrance to the park.

I asked Mikey to smile and this is what I got.

Big horn sheep statues.

Here is the camel rock that you see on the drive into the park.

Family picture.

Balanced Rock. Someday it will fall. The section right under the rock is eroding faster than the sandstone around it.

Cool rock wall on the Park Avenue trail.

Cool landscape.

Landscape Arch. Longest arch in the park. The skinniest part of this arch is only 6 feet thick.

Pine Tree Arch. Named for the pine trees that surround it.

Tunnel Arch. I think it's the one on the left that looks like it winds through the rock a ways.

Delicate Arch. The unofficial symbol of Utah. We hiked the Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoint. The hike to the arch itself was 3 miles. We thought it was a little too long for the kids. Maybe when they're older.

This is the side view of a skull that the kids found at the Delicate Arch viewpoint.

Here is the front view. Liz moved it with her pencil. We showed the pictures to one of the rangers when Liz and John turned in their packets to get their Jr. Park Ranger badges. He said that this is most likely a bobcat skull. Pretty recent, too. He hadn't heard about the skull until we told him.

Firey Furnace. You had to have a hiking permit or go on a ranger guided tour to go down there. There are no trails, you just wander around among rocks. It's named for how it looks at sunset.