Day 14: Sunday, September 17, 2006
After a FREEZING night spent sleeping in our tent. Lana and I emerged a little colder than the evening before, and I don’t know about Lana but I feel a little “less” rested ;-), and here I thought that it was supposed to be summer out here and warm. Ha ha ha.
After a very nice breakfast cooked on the camping stove we headed off to see the rest of the Arches National Park that we passed yesterday on our way up to the campsite. We all wanted to go and see the Fiery Furnace but it is a guided hike with no actual trails and the rangers lead the hike, it also costs an extra $8.00 each. So we just went to the look out point and looked from there. After looking at Fiery Furnace from the lookout, it didn’t appear that spectacular and we were glad we hadn’t spent the time and money for it. ;-)
Delicate Arch is one of the better known arches at the park so we drove to the trail head and hiked the rest of the way in. This was the most touristy hike that we have encountered so far, and it was a 1 ½ mile hike to the arch. Once we got there it was beautiful though. The wind had settled some and the sun was shining. Jason and Lana decided to be mountain lions and climb up on a “ledge” of sorts. Something that my short legs and faint heart decided against ;-p. According to them the view was fantastic though.
Once they came down from their precipice we decided to eat lunch and then Jason gave a nice Bible Study from Matthew 5.
We waited for a quiet time and were able to get photos of us all in the arch without lots of others tourists included.
We all went into town and downloaded photos from everyone’s cameras into the computers, and then Jason had to head back home and we headed out for Grand Junction via the scenic route 128. This road is much more interesting than the Interstate and didn’t seem to take us that much longer.
(Click here for photos from our scenic route.)
We tried to book into the KOA here and discovered that they are were all booked out, so we decided to stay in a hotel and relax. This works as we have internet access and can download / upload all information onto our blog. ;-)
- Tanya
After a very nice breakfast cooked on the camping stove we headed off to see the rest of the Arches National Park that we passed yesterday on our way up to the campsite. We all wanted to go and see the Fiery Furnace but it is a guided hike with no actual trails and the rangers lead the hike, it also costs an extra $8.00 each. So we just went to the look out point and looked from there. After looking at Fiery Furnace from the lookout, it didn’t appear that spectacular and we were glad we hadn’t spent the time and money for it. ;-)
Delicate Arch is one of the better known arches at the park so we drove to the trail head and hiked the rest of the way in. This was the most touristy hike that we have encountered so far, and it was a 1 ½ mile hike to the arch. Once we got there it was beautiful though. The wind had settled some and the sun was shining. Jason and Lana decided to be mountain lions and climb up on a “ledge” of sorts. Something that my short legs and faint heart decided against ;-p. According to them the view was fantastic though.
Once they came down from their precipice we decided to eat lunch and then Jason gave a nice Bible Study from Matthew 5.
We waited for a quiet time and were able to get photos of us all in the arch without lots of others tourists included.
We all went into town and downloaded photos from everyone’s cameras into the computers, and then Jason had to head back home and we headed out for Grand Junction via the scenic route 128. This road is much more interesting than the Interstate and didn’t seem to take us that much longer.
(Click here for photos from our scenic route.)
We tried to book into the KOA here and discovered that they are were all booked out, so we decided to stay in a hotel and relax. This works as we have internet access and can download / upload all information onto our blog. ;-)
- Tanya
posted by Lana at 12:59 AM
1 Comments:
I missed something. . . who is Jason? And it sounds like you all are having a great time!
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