The first stop was just outside the park on a dirt road where D stopped and gave us a chance to run. We have the best time just running as fast as we can in all directions. Tucker stays pretty close to K & D - but not me. I run in really big circles. I pretend that I'm not paying attention and that I'm free as a dog can be -but don't tell D, I've always got one eye on him - I don't want to miss anything.
After our run they took another dirt road - but this was their adventure. It's called the White Rim Trail. Named that because it runs along the RIM of the mountain and is white because of the type of rock that's there.
This is a picture of the road - looking back at the part we just drove on.
The view from the White Rim Trail was excellent. We understand why they wanted to go on it - what we don't understand is why K kept telling D to get away from the edge... turn around... I don't want to look down there... STOP. I don't think she was enjoying it as much as he was.
This is the view from the trail.
We then headed out to Dead Horse Point. Legend has it that wild horses would be driven out to this point and fenced in - with the intention of catching, taming, and selling them - and were left there too long by the people that caught them that they went crazy because of lack of food and water and seeing the water in the river below - jumped to their death. Thus the name Dead Horse Point.
Late in the afternoon we headed back to Arches because K wanted to do the Park Avenue hike. It's an easy 1 mile hike that goes deep into the canyon. There are rock walls, balanced rocks, and potholes to see. (We don't know why she had to come all this way to see potholes - we have those at home. But, what they heck, it's vacation).
Here's a couple of pictures from that hike.
We have to get going now - D's warming up the truck (it's 21 degrees outside) and K's packup the gear. We'll write more later.
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