Arches National Park

This year for our annual family national park adventure we went to Arches and Zion National Parks. We started and ended in Arches to break up the long drive from Denver. Bryan and I went to Arches together in 2008 and this was a completely different trip. We saw arches this time that I have no memory of seeing (although perhaps I saw them when my parents took me??). I think because we spent our time hiking to the more remote Arches in '08 we missed some very incredible (and incredibly accessible) arches.




Something else that surprised me were how many beautiful wild flowers there were. I don't know if we just came early enough in summer to see them or if I just don't remember them but it was remarkable how many pretty blooms manage to thrive in the desert. This park is so beautiful that despite having seen it before my jaw was still dropping at every turn. I hope we can return when the girls are older and explore some more.

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The girls loved the pool at the Springhill Suites in Moab. It was definitely a trip highlight.

Norah with Delicate Arch in the background. She really wanted to do the hike to Delicate Arch but alas, her younger sisters were not up for it. Even this 1/2 mile hike to see it from a distance was too much for them.

Freya was either bounding with energy on this trip or exhausted. One minute she was running in the opposite direction from us and the next she was so tired she refused to walk.