There are few spots to stop for photos and even fewer to walk up into the formations since they are trying to preserve the ground cover. We started up the trail toward Double O Arch mid-morning.
The first stop was a view of Landscape Arch.
The trail up to there was basically paved. Then we came to the "primitive" part of the trail. The photo does not adequately express our thought of "you want us to climb up there???" But we managed it. We were concerned about getting back down, but it wasn't bad.
We climbed up to a spot where we got a view of this double arch. We never figured out which one that was. It was definitely not Double O, which was much farther along.
This is the view down from that spot.
Onward for more great views.
Now we are looking at the time and realizing how far back we have to walk and drive before we can get lunch. The trail to Double O arch is still way ahead of us. So we decided to turn around.
On the way back we took a short side trail to Navajo Arch and more great scenery.
We were very surprised to come across several mule deer licking the rock wall. They must be getting some sort of needed minerals.
The arch itself was very neat, especially since you can walk under it.
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