{"id":57545,"date":"2021-07-07T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=57545"},"modified":"2021-07-07T08:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T12:16:51","slug":"one-day-at-arches-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/one-day-at-arches-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"One Day at Arches National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When we decided we’d be heading to Moab, Utah for our family rafting trip<\/a>, we knew we wanted to tack on a few days afterwards for the National Parks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Parks have been on our “want to explore” list for sometime and given we’d be right near some of the greats, Arches and Canyonland (read about our one day at Canyonland here<\/a>), we knew we had to make it happen. In an ideal world, we’d have weeks to explore both, but in reality we ended up having a day at each to make the most out of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I still look forward to returning one day for more exploration, I can confidently say we rocked our single day at Arches National Park!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunrise at Delicate Arch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The parks are slammed during the summer months and getting there early is advised. Arches’ gates were closed each morning we were there by 8:30 AM due to hitting capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had been wanting to do a sunrise hike anyway, so coupling these two reasons together had us setting our alarms at 4:30 AM to throw on clothes and head to the lobby. Hailey, Kaitlyn, Mema, David, and I put on our beanie hats and headed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked a friend’s brain who knew the park well before we went and asked what we must <\/em>make sure to see. Delicate Arch was at the top of the list and it sounded like a beautiful spot for sunrise! She warned me that the trail got a little dicey at the end, but we probably could handle it. And with that, we set off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n