Arches and Goblins

Just so you don't think we're getting soft, here is proof of the difficulty of the trails that we have hiked this trip.

Here is the famous Delicate Arch. This was just a warm up hike for us but it is a beautiful destination although very crowded. The drop offs from this trail had us all cringing as the little kids ran all over the "slickrock" which thankfully isn't very slick - more like sandpaper. BTW that is us sitting on the front leg of the arch.
Landscape Arch is the longest arch in the park. It is a 306 foot span. The trail is steep but sandy. Beyond Landscape the trail gets rough with some parts that require you to go on "all fours" and scramble.
Wall arch is actually right on the trail. It is the half way point of our Eight Arch Hike. We left early in the morning so we had very few people on the trail with us. Arches was our last Moab stop. We rested up on Sunday and moved on to Goblin Valley for Monday.

We made Carl and Bobbi watch "Galexy Quest" as a prep for Goblin Valley. For the rest of the trip we all chanted "Never give up, never surrender" whenever the going go tough. We explored the Goblins and stayed in the park that night.

This is really a great place for kids. You can climb on everything. The caves are short but have little passageways and various levels. We found no Beryllium Spheres in our search.