Wednesday morning the girls and I went on a hike through the Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. This hike requires a ranger guide because there is no marked trail and it would be quite easy to get lost. Also, the minimum age is 4 years old, just perfect so Maisy could go. Everyone on the hike with us was impressed with how well Maisy did. She is so small for a 4 year old that I think most of the people there were a bit worried about her coming on the hike. She showed some mad rock climbing skills and on the parts where we had to shimmy across crevasses .eaning against the rocks with both hands, I just flung Maisy on my back and away we went. It was really a lot of fun. Unfortunately Melanie was still not feeling well so she stayed at the hotel. We missed her. The hike was absolutely beautiful.
Here the girls are standing in front of a natural bridge. This is not an arch because it was formed by running water.
Sadie is crawling through Crawl Through Arch. Pretty clever name for an arch, isn't it?
The hole above their head is an arch in the making. It is not quite an arch because it only measures 2'11" at its largest opening. If it were just 1" larger, or 3', it would be classified as an arch. Maybe in a few hundred years it will make it.
Taking a break for a snack at Twin Arch.
Felicia and Maisy stop to pose before they hike through the narrow opening leading to Surprise Arch.
Hiking along the ledge to Surprise Arch.
The girls looking up at Surprise Arch.
After our Fiery Furnace hike we went to Sand Dune Arch. Maisy loved playing in the sand, well they all did. You should have seen the sand they dumped out of their shoes when we got back to the motel. I don't know how Maisy's feet could even fit in her shoes!
Wednesday night I went to Turret Arch and the Windows Arches with Sadie and Amina to watch the sunset. We got stuck behind some sight-seeing motorcyclists and thought we were going to miss the sunset. Luckily we got there just in time to see it set. We walked around the North and South Windows before we settled on watching the sunset while sitting inside Turret Arch. It was gorgeous! I would love to see the sunrise and sunset at every location in the Park.
Sadie and Amina thought it was a little weird that I was taking so many pictures of them. They really just wanted to enjoy the sunset and not be models. Crazy Dad. Someday they'll understand.
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