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Arches National Park in Utah

May 2021

Julia A. Keirns
3 min readSep 16, 2023
Arches National Park Sign. Photo by author.

Rich and I have traveled extensively over the years, and I have yet to write about many of our trips. Since I have been laid up with a leg injury, I have been looking through old photos and writing about our past adventures.

The main road through Arches NP. Photo by author.

Arches National Park in Utah is one of the places we visited on our 2021 trip out west. It is a red-rock wonderland of contrasting colors and landforms. There are over 2,000 stone arches, hundreds of pinnacles, and giant balanced rocks.

Arches National Park. Photo by author.

We drove the main park road all the way through and stopped at all the main attractions and sites. I wasn’t able to hike any of the trails but taking photos from the road was good enough for me.

Arches National Park. Photo by author.

The scenic drive through the park is 36 miles round trip with plenty of panoramic views and places to stop. There are majestic views to take in right from…

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Julia A. Keirns
Julia A. Keirns

Written by Julia A. Keirns

Currently living in an RV full time and traveling across North America. The goal is simply to write about it. Editor of Fiction Shorts, the Challenged, and ROD.

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