Arches...

Today we visited Arches National Park and enjoyed a very leisurely drive.  Once again, the landscape was very different.  Here we found giant monoliths, slabs of rock called "fins" by some and beautiful vistas from high point byways.  Take a look:

Slickrock Slabs

Park named Three Gossips

La Salle Mountain Vista

Miles of "fins"

 By the way, you can click on photos and enlarge them, if interested.

I also enjoyed the namesake formations:

Large and Small Window, together

Double Arch

Arch, Window & Doorway

As I look at all these natural wonders and am awestruck, the part of the experience I have difficulty wrapping my head around is time.  Guides and guidebooks talk about time casually... thousands of years, millions of years.  When I see a balancing rock like the one shown below, and they say that it probably won't be here for too much longer.... my mind goes to "I wonder if my kids or grandkids will get here in time to see it".  The guides are thinking 14 or 20 or 100 generations!  Also, sizes are difficult to compute.  From the tiny grains of dune sand to the giant monoliths and massive walls of compressed sandstone and slickrock slabs, it boggles the mind how it all formed into this phenomenal landscape.  Ah well, mine is not to question "why" or "how", but just to enjoy, photograph, ponder and share. 

Balancing Rock

And finally, a bit of color and something that will not last, but it's showy splendor deserves a place in the blog of the day: