{"id":8727,"date":"2018-09-22T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hiddenmesa.com\/?p=8727"},"modified":"2020-05-17T06:52:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T10:52:33","slug":"arches-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiddenmesa.com\/index.php\/arches-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Arches National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve apparently dodged the smoke in the west, or at least most of it for now. We arrived in Moab Utah a few days ago and discovered pristine blue skys with deep red rocks.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an interesting story that the first time we went to Walt Disney World many years ago, we were amused with the ride Big Thunder Mountain. We were absolutely sure that Disney&#8217;s choice of color for the rocks on the ride, which is set in the American Southwest, must have taken a great deal of artistic interpretation. The rocks are so vivid and bright that we were sure nothing so red could exist for real in nature.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption_full\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m12!1m3!1d199226.297665016!2d-109.65479690245316!3d38.719854560994854!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1537571384134\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>You can get to Arches National Park by heading south from I-70 to Moab in southeastern Utah. Moab is about 30 miles from I-70.<\/div>\n<p>Then we came to Moab, with Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Deadhorse Point State Park, and more. Even the valley where Moab sits is surrounded by a deep red Entrada Sandstone.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still working on our Arches photos, but we&#8217;ve put together a few that can be seen now. Have a look at some of our favorites here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><div id=\"jig1\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-9406823d4ac04fc663757beff3d46c46 jig-preset-global jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig1-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hiddenmesa.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/western-us\/1--2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hiddenmesa.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fhiddenmesa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Fwestern-us%2F1--2.jpg&amp;h=230&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"1-\" width=\"344\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">1-<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hiddenmesa.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/western-us\/2--2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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