by Adam on February 2, 2012
The Balanced Rock Hike is one of the easiest hikes in all of Arches National Park. When you drive in from the entrance gate at Arches National Park, you will first drive past Park Avenue on your left and at the 9.2-mile mark come to the parking area for Balanced Rock on your right. The [...]
by Adam on February 1, 2012
The Broken Arch Hike at Arches National Park is an excellent and relatively short day hike. The round trip hike to Broken Arch covers 1.3 miles across relatively flat terrain. There is little shade along the trail until you get close to Broken Arch. The trail to Broken Arch goes past the trail to Sand [...]
by Adam on January 31, 2012
The hike to Tapestry Arch at Arches National Park is one Arches hike you won’t find on the park brochure. Despite Tapestry Arch not being marked on the Arches Park Brochure it is still a relatively easy arch to find and the hike is a fairly easy one. The easiest way to get to Tapestry [...]
by Adam on January 30, 2012
Sand Dune Arch is one of the smaller and more unique arches at Arches National Park. If you are looking for a nice short hike that is good for explorers of all ages, then the Sand Dune Arch hike is the one for you! While most hikes in Arches National Park are hot and exposed, [...]
by Adam on January 29, 2012
Delicate Arch is the single most photographed landmark at Arches National Park. When you see advertisement for Arches National Park and sometimes Utah in general, Delicate Arch will be the arch you see in those advertisements trying to lure you to the land of Ahhhhhhhhh’s. The hike to Delicate Arch is one of the more [...]
by Adam on January 28, 2012
The Devils Garden Campground at Arches National Park is one of the most stunning and desirable places to camp anywhere in the US National Parks. Along with the Squaw Flat Campground in the Needles District of Utah it is among the most amazing place to camp in the Utah National Parks. The Devils Garden Campground [...]
by Adam on January 27, 2012
Skyline Arch is one of a number of amazing sights at Arches National Park. It is a long arch that measures 69 feet long and 45 feet high. Lucky for you, you don’t have to embark on a long hot hike to see Skyline Arch. In fact, like Balanced Rock, you can see Skyline Arch [...]
by Adam on January 26, 2012
The Double Arch Hike At Arches National Park is one you absolutely MUST take while you are exploring and photographing the amazing sights, rock formations and landscapes at Arches National Park. Double Arch is humongous, the hike to it is only about half a mile and you’ll take home some pretty cool photos from the [...]
by Adam on November 19, 2011
The day started out early at the Mora Campground about three miles from Mora Beach at Olympic National Park. It was cold, down in the high 20′s or low 30′s last night and I wanted to get up early so slept in the car last night and paid the $12.00 to do so in the [...]
by Adam on November 18, 2011
The adventures at Olympic National Park started out at the Olympic Rain Forest Hostel Today. Last night I’d come down from the Thor Town Hostel in Port Angeles and ended the day at the Rain Forest Hostel about 20 miles south of Forks, Washington. The Rain Forest Hostel turned out to be a guy house [...]