One last wander

After a quick stop at the hotel we headed back into Arches. Today we drove out to the end of the park road to the Devil's Garden Trailhead. From there, we walked out to Landscape Arch, which is an unbelievably long and skinny ribbon of rock. Beautiful.

On the drive back out we made a quick stop at the Fiery Furnace viewpoint. I guess I'm going to have to return to Moab again because I'd love to walk through this area. The park service describes this area as a labyrinth of narrow sandstone canyons and fins that has no marked trails. You need a permit to hike back there, and the park service recommends that you go on a ranger-led hike there before venturing out alone. I don't need much of a reason to return to beautiful places for another trip - but this might just be the trigger point for another trip to Moab in the future!

Well, time to head back to the hotel, and time to pack up my bike for the plane ride home...