"Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit,
and as vital to our lives as water and good bread."
--Edward Abbey
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| Pine Tree Arch |
I was only about six years old the first time I visited Arches National Park in southeastern Utah. After far too many years away I finally went back last week with my sisters. And despite the cool temperatures and even colder wind, this place was even more amazing than I remembered. Here are some of my favorite sights from my short spring break trip to one of the prettiest national parks in the United States.
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| Double Arch |
These sandstone cliffs
burnished red by wind and time--
fragile bridges to the sky.
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| Delicate Arch |
"Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear (but) the earth remains ... and the heartbreaking beauty where there are no hearts to break. I sometimes choose to think that man is a dream, thought an illusion, and only rock is real. Rock and sun."
--Edward Abbey
And while I didn't see any new birds on my trip to add to my
life list, I did see quite a lot of ravens. They criss cross the skies
above the crowds and through the arches like we are merely
trespassers in their world of sun and rock and sky. I loved them.
Happy Dreaming!
Related reads:
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Arches National Park by Day & Night (photographs) by Grant Collier
