Driving out of Yellowstone we encountered yet more snow on our way through Grand Teton National Park but the landscape gradually changed and became drier and more barren until the trees disappeared and we were left with crazy red rock formations.
When we arrived in Arches National Park it had been raining on and off all the way from Salt Lake City. It was an odd combination of arid landscape and big splashy rain!
The park itself is quite small but the red rock arches are fairly spread out in it and we had to pull on our hiking boots to see some of them. By far the most impressive arch is Delicate Arch which is the unofficial symbol of Utah. We had a fantastic view of it from a nearby rock outcrop that wasn’t too strenuous to get to.
After arches we drove the short distance to Moab for the night and had an awesome meal at the Peace Tree, a very chilled out and hippy restaurant.
