We went back to Arches and hiked the Windows area, including Turret Arch. There are 2 arches (South Window and North Window) that are almost directly beside each other, so they resemble windows in the cliff face. The hike goes all the way around the base of the rock wall and involves quite a bit of hiking on slickrock again. We actually climbed up into Turret Arch and went through to the other side, which was a lot of fun.
After a picnic lunch, we stopped and checked out Double Arch, which is actually a large hole through the cliff face that the top and center have eroded away, leaving only the front arch and back arch in the wall (see the photo, as I can't really describe it in words, sorry.)
There weren't any more hikes in Arches that we haven't done before, so we left the park and went back to our campsite. We started a campfire (with only a couple of pieces of leftover firewood from the people before us). I guess it was looking a little lame, because the nice people next to us came over and asked if we wanted some more firewood. (They had brought a lot with them from home and didn't want to haul it all back with them the next morning.) It was 3 nice guys from Denver, Colorado who had come to Moab for the weekend to ride one of the big mountain bike trails. We had a short visit with them and had enough firewood for the night, plus some extra to take with us to the next place....bonus!!
Tomorrow, we are going to hike at Fisher Towers and head for Canyonlands.
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