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2023, A Day In The Life Of Liz, Arches, Arches National Park, Lisa, Moab, Mother, Utah

Visiting Arches National Park with my Mom!

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Hi again friends! Continuing on with my fun week in Utah with my mom!

So after we saw Derek Hough in his amazing live show, we drove down to Moab, Utah to visit Arches National Park!

First of all, the drive there was breathtakingly beautiful! It was a little long from Salt Lake City, but honestly, the views were amazing!

This was pretty much the views for most of the drive!

Once we got there, we checked into our hotel, which was actually a ranch, and we went to check out the downtown Moab area.

The view from our hotel room! It was RIGHT on the Colorado River!
I could not get over the views!

On Friday morning, we woke up early, and headed to Arches National Park!

I’m not going to lie to you, I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into, I didn’t know much about the park or the history, or really what to expect at all. I like doing this to myself sometimes because it leaves me with no expectations!

But, let me tell you, I LOVED IT! From the amazing rock formations, the challenging, yet still doable hikes, and the really cool way that they laid out the National Park. I could not get enough! It was so much fun!

Here are a few of my favorite arches and hikes!

The hike to this one included 3 other arches as well!
The Delicate Arch!

The Delicate Arch was the hardest hike we did, but my goodness was it worth it! This arch is iconic!

Another one because !!!
This one we had to hike through sand for! It was awesome!
The hike in to the previous arch!

After a great day at the park we headed back to our ranch for dinner and relaxing! It was such a great day!

Had to pull over to take a picture of our ranch from the road!

Side note, our ranch had the best restaurant at it! The Cowboy Grill! I’m still thinking about our meal to this day!

I really enjoyed Arches National Park and the town of Moab and all it had to offer. The park was vey accessible for everyone, and the arches could be accessed if you weren’t up for the hikes. The hikes just made the views a little bit better!

The next morning we got to see the annular Solar Eclipse, and we were in the 80% path for the Ring of Fire!

We went for a walk along the Colorado River before watching the Solar Eclipse!

Then we drove back to Salt Lake City and did a little shopping, had a little dinner, and enjoyed our time together!

I really can’t say enough good things about Arches! It was a really cool park, very well put together, a lot to see, and the Arches were just so cool! I would go back for sure!

I’m very thankful for my time with my mom in Utah!!

Thank you for reading friends, have a great day!