We went to Arches National Park in the morning. In 1970 they only knew about 90 arches and now we know there are 3,000 arches. The wildlife in this national park varies during the night and day. In the night you will see cayotes, rats, bats, mice, scorpions and snakes. During the daytime most creatures are hiding in the shade though you may see some lizards in the sun. There is a reddish sand that can be found in the national park. The dark paths seen are composed of cyanobacteria and other microrganisms. This helps to keep the soil fertile and roots from the juniper in the ground.

The first stop we went to was known as the balancing rock. A big bolder of sandstone was balancing on a thin rock of mudstone. The mudstone has been eroding faster than the sandstone so that the rock was barely holding on. The view was fabulous.  Afrerwards, we left to go to the Delicate Arch which is about 45 meters high and 10 meters wide. The landscape almost felt like we were on the moin with rusty craters as part of the terrain. Overall, traction was much better than expected. Our final stop in this nattional park was the Windows portion of the park. In this section, we were actually able to take pictures of and climb through massive archways.  This was probably my favorite stop for taking pictures.  In addition, you were really able to feel the magnitude of the landscape.