Arches Trail

We planned to take a 3 mile hike in Bryce Canyon this morning but Roger hasn’t been feeling 100% so we hiked a shorter 1.5 mile trail in Red Canyon. The trail boasts “15 arches” but we only found 10 and weren’t willing to re-hike it to find the other 5!

The "Podunk" cabin is an updated model of one that the forest rangers used long ago. It got it's name from a Paiute Indian, named Po Dunk, who got lost in the canyonlands.

We left the Bryce Canyon area this morning and drove to Richfield, Utah on our way to Arches National Park. Got a neat picture of Roger and the motor home coming through the tunnel! The drive surprised us – very scenic – we followed the Sevier River through an expansive valley and then into a canyon that narrowed from about 10 miles wide to the width of the river and the road. It was definitely white water rafting country! We had to come this way to “tour” a Walmart!  We needed to refill prescriptions, buy over the counter meds and stock up on groceries – all the small “mom & pop” stores have been incredibly expensive -  Roger needed smelling salts when they gave him the total! I jokingly asked her if we got a prize for the most spent for the day and she said “oh no, people come from the surrounding rural areas, buy for a month and easily spend $1,000.00!” We got the oil changed in the car too. Will spend the night here – figure we paid the camping fee!