Can anyone say cheese?
The next day we really wanted to go into the fiery furnace, but the next ranger led trip wasn’t until Saturday, and we had to be back to Yuma by Friday evening. Originally, we were going to be in Moab until Sunday morning, but about two weeks before we left for our trip, Chris got a promotion at work, and his schedule got changed. I was kind of upset, because I had to change a few things around and I really wanted to spend more time in Moab, but I digress.
(the furnace from a distance)
Because there were no ranger led trips into the fiery furnace, Chris and I got hiking permits and went in on our own. That was really fun. We just took our time, ate lunch, and wandered around. The furnace has no marked trails, and you get to wander around in the rock trying to figure out your own path. It gets kind of tricky, but it’s fun because you get to boulder, and make your own way.
I got stuck trying to squeeze through an opening we found. So of course, pictures are the only thing on my mind as Chris snapped this photo…
The next series of photos, Chris went through this tiny opening thinking it led somewhere. I told him it wouldn’t and that I would be waiting for him when he got back. He didn’t get far:
Even though we were in the furnace for a good 3 hours, we decided to embark on another hike. This was probably a mistake in hindsight, but we really wanted to fit everything we wanted to do in fewer days, so we left the furnace to hike the Double O Arch.
On the way to the Double O is the landscape arch. Apparently, it wasn’t this big about 10-20 (I don’t remember exactly) years ago. That some people were eating lunch under it and heard it starting to crack, and moved out just in time. Crazy stuff!
Double O is definitely my favourite. The view is incredible.
We decided to go see the Dark Angel as well, because it was about a mile loop from the Double O. Definitely not worth it, but we snapped a few pictures just to say we had been there.
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