Arches

Climbing up above Sand Arch

One. Happy. baby.

Sara posing up on the rocks

Sand Arch

Whitney hiking near the Windows

Climbing up in the arch

The girls by an arch

Sara rides in style.

A few weeks ago on an unseasonably warm November day, we decided to go to Arches national Park near Moab. If any of you have not heard of it, google it and you will see some amazing photos. We took tons but just put a few up on the blog. There are a lot of arches everywhere around where we live, but this park has a really high concentration. It may not be as exciting as Disneyland, but the girls truly enjoy seeing them and climbing on them. We only spent a few hours in the park, but as they get older we will definitely be able to do more. There are many easy hikes, and also more difficult ones. The rock formations are really incredible.

We ended the day eating at a restaurant in moab and then window shopping in some of the touristy stores. They have some great local artisans who make all kinds of things, jewelery, pottery, wind sculptures and so much more. We really hadn't spent time playing in Moab, so it was nice.

The best arch we saw was Sand arch. you take a stroll through a little slot canyon thing and the floor is all super fine red sand. the arch is back by itself, it is really nice, calm and quiet there. We had a lot of fun playing around. Whitney LOVED the sand, I might have to give in and get a sandbox next summer. There were all kinds of fun rocks to climb on. The two big girls are getting very independent and were running together the whole time. We let them go as long as they could see us.

It was a good day. There sure are not a lot of interesting indoor things to do here, but when the weather is nice the possibilities outdoors are endless. We even bought the year pass to all the parks around here so we can go whenever we want now. We thought maybe Scott would get in free, but that was not happening.

Moab is also world renowned for its mountain biking and 4 wheel drive trails. One of Scott's favorite things on youtube is to search Moab Jeep and there are some great crashes and climbs on there.

Moab is about 52 miles away from us.