This morning we awoke at the Moab Outward Bound House, courtesy of Hot Karl Krebs, and after a hot breakfast made our way to Arches National Park. Hot Karl was our local naturalist guide and we did about 4 miles of hiking. The weather held out for us and we were able to have a nice half day in the park before we parted ways with Hot Karl and made our way to Capital Reef National Park. In the park we first hiked to the Delicate Arch which is "the" arch that everyone sees when then see Arches National Park. Next we went to the Windows area where we did a little hike around there but they were working on the trails since it is the off season so we got to see some masonry work being done. I am just continuously amazed by the sights in Utah. Its magnificent and majestic. Today we drove through about 90 miles of nothing but piles of dirt, sand, and rock before we reached the Capital Reef National Park. We decided to get a motel for the night so we can get up early tomorrow to get a hike in at both Capital Reef and Escalante National Parks. The day after we plan to head to Bryce Canyon and possibly Zion and Thursday we'll land in Las Vegas for a little hotel action. Until then. We're going to use the hot tub right now!
Balanced Rock
Jon and Hot Karl under Delicate Arch
Petroglyphs
The Windows
North Window
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