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| Jef and Kathy drove about 4 hours from the moosehunt camp in Strawberry Reservoir Recreation Area, central Utah, to southeastern Utah, where they bought a National Parks pass and visited Arches National Park. Their first stop was a 4.3 mile hike to Delicate Arch late in the afternoon: |
 Wolfe, a crippled Civil War veteran built a small house (to far left) in the 1880s. The larger, but still smaller house to right was built after 1910.
|  This is the interior of the new improved Wolfe Ranch house. | ||
 These pictographs are not far from the Wolfe Ranch houses
|  Mounted riders imply an age of no more than a few hundred years
|  Kathy was interested in the local fauna | ||
 The trail afforded many fine views - Salt Canyon is below and the 13,000' high La Sal Mountains are in the far background.
|  Although most of the trail was over sandstone, there were some sandy areas
|  Jef climbed up to this arch near Delicate Arch | ||
 Kathy and Jef
|  Jef under the Arch (photo by Kathy)
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|  The photos to the left show Kathy in relation to Delicate Arch. Above is the arch with no people around it. Below is picture of some of the people in the area:  | ||
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After a great hike to Delicate Arch, we drove around, took a few pix...
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|  Kathy with Windows area in background | ||
| Two of the 4 major hikes (2 or more miles) in the park were recorded. Delicate Arch was 4.3 miles, 500' vertical, and Landscape Arch was 1.8 miles, 100' vertical. |  Delicate Arch Hike
 Landscape Arch Hike
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|  We saw these rock climbers near the Windows. To the right is some random feature in the park.
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| After taking a few pix before sunset at our private viewpoint in Arches, which overlooked the La Sals and Fiery Furnace, we cracked open a bottle of wine (Jef broke corkscrew, and had to improvise another - utilizing a screw, screwdriver, and pliers) and enjoyed a great sunset.... |  | |||
| After leaving the park, we found Moab pretty full. About the 6th hotel we checked was the Redrock Lodge, 1 block off the main drag. All other hotels were full. Redrock Lodge was a fairly nice place, and only about $60/nite. We sat in their jacuzzi while awaiting the Ysabella pizza we ordered, which was great. |
 Jef in front of the hotel on the morning of September 19, 2005
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 Road going by Courthouse Wash. Park Avenue is in background
|  We hiked about 2.5 miles thru Park Avenue area this morning
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 Park Avenue
|  Park Avenue wildflowers
|  Park Avenue - Note tiny arch on left | ||
 Jef sitting on gnarly juniper in front of Balancing Rock
|  View of Windows area from Balancing Rock
|  Balancing Rock with sun behind | ||
 Kathy in front of Balancing Rock
|  Rock climbers - one is on top
|  Jef near north window | ||
 Kathy in north window
|  Jef under south window
|  south window | ||
 Kathy climbing up to south window
|  Kathy getting close to south window
|  Jef in south window | ||
 "Anything Jef can do, I can do better" -Kathy
|  Kathy in south window
|  Kathy in front of nearby Double-O Arch | ||
 Kathy, Double-O Arch
|  Kathy, Double-O Arch
|  Kathy, Double-O Arch | ||
 Double-O Arch from inside
|  Double-O Arch from inside
|  Kathy, Double-O Arch | ||
 Kathy, Jef at Fiery Furnace viewpoint
|  Fiery Furnace viewpoint
|  Wildflowers near trailhead to Landscape Arch | ||
 Kathy in front of Landscape Arch
|  Jef and Kathy in front of Landscape Arch
|  Landscape Arch | ||
 Courthouse Rock and Park Avenue
|  Courthouse Rock
|  Park Avenue from Courthouse Wash | ||