So after wind and rain erosion eventually wears then down would they name it Fallen Arches National Park?
Utah’s Arches are just another symbol of America’s greatness and power and they need to be torn down..! /s
The drive from Mexican Hat was crazy, took us through the Moki Dugway.
I was just at Arches NP in early October, arriving at the gates around 9am. There was a line to go through the gate, show my Senior Pass, and get maps from the ranger. After our time in the park where it was sometimes difficult to park near the formations, we spent a little time at the Visitor’s Center which was only open for the gift shop due to CV-19. There was a huge line at the entry point with signs stating a 2-hour wait. Glad we went early to get the scenery without the wait.
I was there many years ago (before it was a National Park). Pulled in late, it was raining, thunderstorm. I say, great, let’s get a shower after all day on the road. She says, you first. So, I get out wet down, soap up, shower and shampoo. When I get back in, I say your turn, so she gets out wets down, soaps up and the rain stops. That was the coldest night I ever spent in Arches.
I have stopped going to the “Parks” so much, even with my senior’s pass. The GOV turned them over to private companies, and they need to make a buck, so they advertise and charge fees. I liked it better when the roads were dirt and the trails were narrow paths into the wilderness. Turnstile hiking and camping.
I’ve just lived too long, I feel sorry for my grandkids. Ahh, they are young and resourceful, they will find a way to enjoy this country pioneered by my grandfather and others. As a teenager, he walked from the East to California. No roads at all in those days, spent 40 yrs blacksmithing for the Western Pacific Railroad. He taught me about the wilderness. It’s a different wilderness now.
If they would take down the rope swings from the arches it would cause the crowds to go away....