Mesa Arch

We hiked (or walked) to Mesa Arch. It was so beautiful! The arch is pretty gigantic and you can walk right up to it. The only intimidating part is one you reach the arch - the ground ends and becomes a steep ledge plunging some 2,000 feet; ending at the Colorado River. I was comfortable and confident about myself going as close as I wanted to get a good picture, but it freaked me out to see my dad and Jordan get close to the edge. It truly was something else. The view was beautiful though. I loved seeing the snow-capped La Sal mountains in the distance. They created a beautiful view through the arch.








If you click on this picture (below) to see it larger you can see the Washer Woman Arch (because it looks like a woman doing wash), to the left of it is Monster Tower and behind them both is Airport Tower.

Me and my mom (the sun was SO bright)!

One of the things my dad kept pointing out was the layers in the Earth. You could see the way it was formed and in this picture - the lays must have been moved somehow because they became diagonal layers.

I loved this tree. Huge with awesomely long roots. It was old and you could also see the layers of earth built around the roots. It was pretty awesome and a spactacular sight.