The Arches National Park Mar 23

 We had a wonderful day visiting and hiking in The Arches National Park. When we first arrived in Arizona we paid $80 for a seasons pass to all the US national parks. Daily rates are $25 to $35 per vehicle so it has worked out really well, because we have now been in the National Parks for 6 really interesting days. This pass only costs $20 if you are a US resident. The funny part is that we had a life time pass that we bought in Georgia , many years ago, from a lovely lady that told us we could be American citizens for the day. We got 4 or 5 years out of it before some observant gate keeper confiscated our card. She had no sense of humor!!! LOL

They only allow so many vehicles into the park at one time so that there is sufficient parking 
when you stop at the hiking or viewing spots. We had been reading that by 10 o'clock most
 days the park was full and you had to wait for some one to exit, as of April 2 you  need to
reserve your entry time. We arrived at 8:30 and only had about a 15 minute wait.

The entrance to the sand dome hike

There is a sandbox area further back

There is a area that has lots of sand so all of the children were digging and playing in the sand , the 
only thing missing was water , so no sand castles

Hiking to the balancing rock

This is called the balancing rock

We hiked out to the double arches

Another hike to a different window

This one is called the broken arch

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The fiery furnace, not sure I get the name , but that is what they call it

we hiked down this canyon

Time for a break on the way up

A bunch of pictures from the drive through the park, to many pictures but we want to save the memories