Reitti kulkee ensin kalliota ylöspäin ja sitä ehtii jo jonkun verran huokailla matkalla, että vieläkö tätä kestää kauan. Sitten mennään kivikkoisempaa, tasaisempaa maastoa, kallion reunalla olevaa polkua ja päädytään lopulta perille.
The next morning we headed to Arches National Park. Everyone told us to go as early in the morning as possible before it is too hot. With limited amount of shade and because of the semi-desert climate and the elevation, the cooler the better. At least in April, the early morning was not too early, we headed to the park after 7 am and to our hike around at 8 am. But I have heard stories of people going on their hikes at 6 am in the summer. We had decided to do at least one hike on a moderately doable trail. Since you can see the picture of the Delicate Arch everywhere from ads to the Utah license plates, that was the place to go. You have two options to see the Delicate Arch, drive on the other side of the arch and make a short walk to one of the view points or you can hike to the arch from the Wolf Ranch parking lot about 1.5 to 2 miles. We decided to do the hike since we wanted to go to the arch itself. I did not actually know that you can go to the arch, I thought that there would be at least some kind of restricted area near the arch, since it is a unique piece of natural wonders. Well, there isn't, so you can go as near as you want.
The hiking route (it is really not a trail in the beginning) goes first up to the rock and then in a more balanced rocky area, then a narrow path on the edge of the rock and then after some climbing you are there.
The next morning we headed to Arches National Park. Everyone told us to go as early in the morning as possible before it is too hot. With limited amount of shade and because of the semi-desert climate and the elevation, the cooler the better. At least in April, the early morning was not too early, we headed to the park after 7 am and to our hike around at 8 am. But I have heard stories of people going on their hikes at 6 am in the summer. We had decided to do at least one hike on a moderately doable trail. Since you can see the picture of the Delicate Arch everywhere from ads to the Utah license plates, that was the place to go. You have two options to see the Delicate Arch, drive on the other side of the arch and make a short walk to one of the view points or you can hike to the arch from the Wolf Ranch parking lot about 1.5 to 2 miles. We decided to do the hike since we wanted to go to the arch itself. I did not actually know that you can go to the arch, I thought that there would be at least some kind of restricted area near the arch, since it is a unique piece of natural wonders. Well, there isn't, so you can go as near as you want.
The hiking route (it is really not a trail in the beginning) goes first up to the rock and then in a more balanced rocky area, then a narrow path on the edge of the rock and then after some climbing you are there.
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| Ja tässä siis John Lesley Wolfen koti 1800-luvun lopulta. Täällä sitä on kasvateltu karjaa ja elelty. / And here is the home ranch of John Lesley Wolfe. |
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| Tämän jälkeen päätettiin ajaa Fiery Furnace -alueen läpi ja tien loppuun Devils Gardeniin. / Then we drove the road from Fiery Furnace to the Devils Garden, where the road ends. |
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| Skyline Arch, ihminen (minä) havainnoimaan kaaren kokoa. / Skyline Arch and me, so that you can see the size of this thing. |
Loppuiltapäivästä oli sitten aika lähteä varjoon, Moabiin syömään ja lähteä ajamaan kohti seuraavaa majoituspaikkaa, joka oli seuraavan kohteemme vieressä. Olimme varanneet majoituksen Torreysta Red Sands Hotel -nimisestä hotellista, joka oli kyllä ihan keskellä peltoa. Torrey on noin 18 kilometriä Capitol Reef -kansallispuiston länsipuolella, eli tuli matkalla siis ajettua jo kyseisen puiston läpi ja käytyä siellä illalla katseltua tähtitaivasta, mutta niistä enemmän seuraavassa postauksessa.
Then it was time for shade, food at Moab and traveling to the next destination. The destination was Capitol Reef that was on our to do list for the next day. We did actually drive through the park and had time to stop there at some places and get the park map already since we had booked a motel at Torrey on the other side of the park. We stayed at the Red Sands Hotel that was practically in the middle of nowhere, really quiet and about 12 miles from Capitol Reef National Park. So we had time to go to the park in the evening and see the beautiful night sky and the Milky Way. But more about that in the next post. This was Arches and we really really loved it.
Then it was time for shade, food at Moab and traveling to the next destination. The destination was Capitol Reef that was on our to do list for the next day. We did actually drive through the park and had time to stop there at some places and get the park map already since we had booked a motel at Torrey on the other side of the park. We stayed at the Red Sands Hotel that was practically in the middle of nowhere, really quiet and about 12 miles from Capitol Reef National Park. So we had time to go to the park in the evening and see the beautiful night sky and the Milky Way. But more about that in the next post. This was Arches and we really really loved it.

























































