7/14/13
Arches
was really, really fun. It was probably my favorite national park so far. Everywhere
in Arches there were arches. They were arches made out of rock. They were
really, really cool. One of the first ones we went to was the landscape arch.
It was the third longest arch in the world. The landscape arch was really,
really long. The scary part was that it was very thin too, so it looked like it
was about the collapse. It was really amazing. There was also a “Double O” too.
There was a hole through the middle of the rock, and when I looked closely, I
saw another little hole through the rock next to it! I of course had never seen
anything like it before. It was pretty amazing.
The
fun part of the day was when we climbed the Sand Dune Arch. The arch was located
between two big walls of rock, so it was all shaded which was nice. And the
ground was completely covered in sand! I took off my shoes and ran around,
finally glad to get away from the heat, and see something completely new. As we
walked, there were random piles of rock on the side of the “trail”. Jasmine
just had to climb onto them, so I decided to follow her. Surprisingly, climbing
these rocks wasn’t so hard, but it was pretty fun! And then we saw the arch.
It
was different from the Landscape Arch. This arch was thicker and a lot
sturdier. We also had clear access to it… which meant I could climb it! So
without giving myself a chance to back out, I followed Jasmine up the rock. The
climb itself wasn’t hard, and standing on top of the arch wasn’t scary either.
It was kind of like standing on a bridge. There was a small breeze, and
everyone standing on the ground looked really small. It was great being high up
there.
The
next arches we went to were beautiful. It was the North and South Window; two
arches next to each other. When we got there, it was already getting dark and
the sun was setting so it was cooler. Only my mom went up with me, so it was a
lot more peaceful. Standing under the North window, I could see really far. The
ground was really far below, and there were little bushes everywhere. We had to
back up a lot to see both the North and South Window at the same time. We had
to walk all the way back into we were standing next to the Turret.
The
Turret was a big hole next to a really tiny hole. It was really easy to climb
up, so of course I had to. The sun was slipping down into the rock, casting
orange and pink light over the clouds. The sky was a color palette of pink,
orange, red, and gold. It was really beautiful. I sat on the high rock watching
the sun slowly sink down, until all I could see were rays of golden light. Then
even that disappeared, and I was left with darkness.
It
was a really wonderful day, one of my favorites on our vacation.
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