Two National Parks in One Day - Arches and Canyonlands

We arrived in Arches National Park, Utah late in the afternoon on our sixth day. We had enough time to do a nice hike up to the Windows. 

At first we couldn’t spot the South Window so we went to the North Window. It was very big but it was hard to get a picture as there were many people standing by. Climbing up into the window with a high ledge on the other side we were able to take some amazing pictures. 

We were even able to get Sage up there and a kind gentleman took pictures of us.

 As we hiked down to Turret Arch we spotted the South window to the right of it hidden behind a rock wall. When we looked back at both of them it looked like a face with two eyes and a rock wall nose in between. 

Our family continued our hike to turret arch where we got some great pictures with the sunset behind. We agreed it was too busy to see the sunset at Delicate Arch and decided that we would go first thing in the morning.

After driving back to the RV park in Moab, Utah we set up for the night and fell to sleep after a nice hot dinner. In the morning we woke to a quick breakfast... 

and a family pic at the RV park...

before driving back up the twisting roads to Delicate Arch. Because Sage wouldn’t go in the backpack we couldn’t hike right up to it so we went the short hike to the viewpoint. 

It was very pretty but Sage wanted to sit on every rock along the way so it took a while. 

Back at the RV we decided we would try a different hike out to Landscape Arch. The arch was huge and you could see the sapphire blue sky behind. 

On the way back Sage had to play in the silky red sand and even made some sand angels. 

After cleaning her off we hiked back to the RV and drove around a little to see some of the other arches before taking off for Canyonlands.

We arrived in Canyonlands and drove out to the Island in the Sky. When we got out we realized we were surrounded by deep canyons on all sides. 

There wasn’t an easy hike for us to do so we decided just to drive around and stop at the viewpoints. After another great day we settled into the RV for a big drive down to a campsite near Bryce National Park.