Saturday, August 1

Well, we are now officially two weeks from the end of our vacation. It kind of bums us out, having that little time until getting back home . . . and straight to school. That's right, when we get back, we'll have less than half a week until school starts. It's going to be a nightmare! But, we can enjoy the vacation while we still have it. This morning, we went to visit Arches National Park, because I wanted to hike to Delicate Arch, the keystone arch of the park. On the way to driving there, we saw a true natural wonder: the Balanced Rock. It comprises of a 3500 ton boulder on top of a pillar of rock. Just so you don't have to pull out your calculators, here's the translated figure: 3500 tons becomes 7 million pounds. 7 million pounds of solid rock, balanced on a pillar 6 to 12 feet wide at the not-so-flat top. Anyway, the Delicate Arch hike was a 3 mile round trip, 1.5 there, 1.5 back. We hike up a flat rock face, slanting up towards the Delicate Arch, and when we got there, it was incredible. Search up a picture of the Delicate Arch, and you'll know what I'm talking about. After viewing the arch, we headed back, to pack up the camper and hitch. We left camp around 11:30, with a 142 mile journey to drive, to reach Torrey, Utah, just outside of Capitol Reef. It was about a three hour drive, and it took us through part of Capitol Reef National Park, which we will see tomorrow. Anway, I really don't have anything left to do tell about today's blog posting, so, the clsoing for today will be in Ukrainian: До побачення і спокійної ночі!