Another first for Zac and I was our second national park of the trip, Arches National Park. It certainly lived up to its name and reputation.
We have really been trying to save money (especially after the money-sucking hole that is Las Vegas) which means we're not only camping, we're getting our water from a mountain spring and mostly eating meals cooked over the campstove. Dinner in Moab? Top Ramen and a growler of microbrew beer. Yes, you could say we have our priorities straight.
And foot-hiking is free, so we did a lot of that over our three days at Arches. One day we decided to hike the Devil's Garden trail at the very end of the park. I'm sure the trail is well marked, as many others follow it every day, but Zac and I inadvertently found ourselves blazing our own trail over, under, and around immense slickrock formations.
And even though I spent one night praying for a cooling wind and the next cursing that same wind because of the small sand dunes quickly forming in the tent, I have to say that Moab is a sweet town for desert adventure. I'm sure we'll be back, next time with bikes. And plenty of Top Ramen.
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