After taking a couple of hours rest during the hottest part of the day, I decided to do another hike in Arches National Park. Directly across from my campsite, was a trail head listed as Broken Arch and offering distances to three other arches on interconnected trails. I've already logged over thirteen miles for the day, but . . . why not?
Heading for the next Arch, I stop to take a few shots of a gigantic column just out here on its own in the desert. The majesty of this place is a tangible thing.
The remaining two arches on the hike, the namesake Broken Arch and Sand Dune arch are not nearly impressive as what has come before. I'm not even sure about their names, but the landscape itself is fantastic.
After departing Sand Dune arch, I decide to head back to camp, but noticing that I have over 40k steps for the day on my Fit Bit app, I decide to take a nice stroll back to the Devil's Garden trail head to knock out the 50k badge. While this final hike for the day was only about 2.5 miles, I walked and hiked a total of nearly 22 miles today. Not bad at all.
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