Corona Arch

On Saturday we spent the morning hiking to the Corona & Bowtie Arches.  I found the hike in a pamphlet I picked up at one point on a previous trip to Moab.  These arches are located along the Colorado River west of the main highway that goes through Moab.  The trailhead actually ended up only being about 4 miles from where we were camping.

It was about a 1.5 mile hike in, and a complete blast.  There was hiking on slick rock, sand dunes, and regular trail.  One of the fun parts was the steps that they had carved into some slick rock to get up a big hill.

The kids were pros.  Connor was excited to get to hold the GPS and tell us a play-by-play of which direction we were going.   We loved this arch.  It was pretty, and the bonus of having the Bowtie Arch right next door.

The view from one end of the arch to the other.

Connor and Daniel climbed up underneath the Bowtie Arch.  We would love to be able to do this hike again.

Luckily we found our old snugglie buried in the trailer, so Daniel and Garrick were a little more comfortable for this hike.  Garrick still wasn’t so sure about the whole thing.  Dan was just grateful to be able to have his hands freed up a little bit.

After hiking, we ended up taking off home.  We had to speak in Church Sunday, which cut our trip short a day (well, probably only about a half a day).   It was a great little trip though, even if it didn’t go the way Alicia expected it too.