Thursday, June 4 – We made a pretty quick swing though this park, but saw some great highlights. As I believe we mentioned before, Sandy has a thing for rocks with windows and arches, so she was in hog heaven here. Our first stop was to take a look at the Balanced Rock, and then on to the North and South Windows.
The most famous rock formation in the park is the Delicate Arch, which is supposedly the most photographed arch in the world. It is the symbol for Utah, and is the image on Utah license plates. (Incidentally, the motto for Utah is "Utah Rocks!" I wonder who thought of that...) Because it was starting to get dark, we didn't want to drive another 15-20 minutes and then do a hike to go see it, so we chose to view it from a designated viewpoint. Sandy was really excited to see this, since it is the "signature" arch. Anticipation was building as we approached. The reaction when we got there: "Is that it???" It turns out that the arch is only 45 feet high, and from the distance we were viewing from it looked pretty tiny. Oh, well... check that off the list.
The highlight of the visit was the photo below. Note Sandy's pose as she's standing in the "window". The joke was on me, because she was so far away, that I didn't even see her pose as I was taking the picture. (Click on it to enlarge it if you can't see it...)
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