A cool, cloudy, breezy day spent at Arches National Park - perfect for hiking and rock climbing, not super for photos, but who cares?

kj enjoying the rewards of long hike and rock scrambling

It takes a little over 2 1/2 hours from our place in Delta to Arches.  There is so much to see and do, we only  scratched the surface.  The last time we visited it was already too late in the spring and I pooped out in the sun and heat, so we didn't do a lot of hiking.  Yesterday was perfect, in that respect, we even got a little chilling a time or two!  The wild flowers were looking good, but were a little hard to photograph in the breeze....well, this" photographer" (I use that term very loosely) will take any excuse for the way my photos turn out.  Thank goodness for digital where a simple delete destroys the evidence of most of what I shoot.

Here are the best of the lot, some still a little blurry from the breeze.

cactus alive and well in these more northern areas

my day's favorite