Utah pt 2

 Day 4:  We started out the day at Canyonlands which is actually Utah’s biggest national park!

We stopped at Grand view point, Buck canyon overlook, Mesa arch, and Schafer view. Here are just a few pictures from our time in the park: 

We visited the park in the morning so as not to be out in the heat of the day. We made our way to Moab in the early afternoon and stopped at Moab Diner for lunch. The food was just okay, but the ice cream.... was AMAZING. OH MY GOODNESS.  Chocolate sundae with hot fudge, marshmallow fluff,  and brownie.... YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM. (Dessert highlight right here!)

We also walked around Moab and checked out a couple of shops. 

Our hotel (which we actually stayed in for 2 nights) was Aarchway Inn and it was definitely our favorite hotel! We each had our own queen bed which was super nice AND we had a game table in the middle of the room! It was also a 5 minute drive to Arches National Park which was our final national park in Utah! 

Day 5: Our 5th and final of the "mighty 5:" Arches! Arches National Park has over 2,000 natural sandstone arches which is the highest concentration in the world. This (along with the UTV tour) were probably my favorite things from the trip! 

Some of my favorite things that we saw:

Balanced rock 

Skyline arch trail and Sand dune arch trail 

Delicate arch viewpoint and Double arch trail*

**This was SO FUN for me because I climbed up to the top for some incredible views! 

We also stopped at Park Ave trail and as we were exiting the park we saw the 3 penguins:

Later that evening we went on a Highpoint Hummer tour through Moab’s iconic trail: Hell’s Revenge.  It was a sunset tour and I was hoping it would be a little more exciting than it was. 

Our driver was pretty talented though and did amazing feats with the hummer both uphill and downhill!

Final verdict: Arches is my favorite national park in Utah! I would like to go back with Mike sometime so we can climb rocks together! :)