Ben loves travel and hiking as much as Mark & I do, so we decided to take him to Moab for a few days to get a taste of the American southwest.
We arrived at Arches National Park around lunchtime. With the temperature forecast to go over 100F (38C) this afternoon, we decided we would only tackle a couple of short hikes - the first one to Balanced Rock.
Ben is dwarfed by the 128ft (39m) rock formation. The hard Entrada sandstone "head" balancing on the softer, eroded Dewey sandstone "neck". The overhanging Entrada sandstone protects the softer sandstone beneath it from some of the effects of erosion, but eventually it will erode enough that the balancing rock will topple over.
Our next hike was in The Windows section of Arches National Park. Here are Ben & Mark beneath Turret Arch.
We then headed over to The Windows arches. If you click on this picture, the size of the people underneath North Window (the one on the left), will give some perspective on the size of these arches.
Ben & I head up to North Window.
View across the park through North Window.
Our last stop for the day was Park Avenue - named for its resemblance to the tall high-rise buildings on Park Avenue in New York.
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