Arches National Park

Arches National Park

I am a Parks and Recreation (a.k.a. Recreation Management) major at Utah State University. Within the major, we have a lot of different types of classes. Some of them are purely lecture. Others are a mixture of lecture and activities. And then there are some that are very applied and we spend a lot of time in the field during these classes. This semester, I am in a class titled Outdoor Recreation Management. Students take turns facilitating outdoor activities of their choice. They provide access to and education on outdoor recreation opportunities. Each week we do something different. The activities we have done so far are: Hiking, Ropes Course, Outdoor Cooking, Canoeing, and Archery (ran by me).

Last week we drove to Moab as a class on Thursday, November 1 and came back on Saturday, November 3. While in Moab, we stayed at a hostel, talked to local business owners about outdoor recreations they offered and how they manage them, and experienced outdoor recreation for ourselves.

We spent a lot of time in Arches National Park. It was so much fun! On Friday morning, we got a permit to hike through the Fiery Furnace. In the Fiery Furnace, we climbed up rock walls, jumped across crevices, and crawled through cracks as we explored. It was so much fun! In the afternoon, we 
walked to double arch and saw window arch.

On Saturday, we hiked to Delicate Arch before leaving Moab to come back home. It was a great trip! I would highly recommend going there 
at least one time in your life. 

Here are some pictures I thought I would share with you from our trip. Most of the people in the photos are classmates:

 Heading into the Fiery Furnace

 In the Fiery Furnace

 These 2 photos are at Double Arch

 Me at Double Arch

 Double Arch

 View on the trail to Delicate Arch

 Delicate Arch

 Freaking terrifying place you had to walk across to get to Delicate Arch.

Delicate Arch is behind the camera and to the left in this photo.

There were also petroglyphs near the trail to Delicate Arch. Cool!

I just wish there had been more.