The Orchards

The Orchards

Alabama Christmas 2008

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Moab and Arches National Park


We just had a wonderful trip to Moab, UT and Arches National Park. This place is amazing and truly one of the amazing places in Utah. We left on Wed and traveled 4 hours to Moab. Terry had to do some work so we just stayed in the hotel. It was not so bad because it was raining anyways. Thursday afternoon and Friday we were able to go into Arches to view all the wonderful sites. We took the kids on the famous Delicate Arch hike. This is a three mile round trip hike over sand, rocks, mountains, and ledges. The kids did great! Even though Austins favorite phrase coming down was "my legs won't work." But of course as soon as he saw the car he ran to it. One of the things we wanted to show the kids were lizards and so on the way down from Delicate Arch we started to look for them and we saw 6. Terry says they were some of the biggest he has seen. Austin loved them, but of course kept his distance. The kids loved climbing on the rocks and playing in the sand. When ever we asked them what the favorite part of their trip was it was always what ever the last thing we had done or saw. So Terry and I thought we did a good job and they loved everything about the trip.