Our fondest memories of our annual western “road trips” in the 1970s were our visits to several National Parks - Arches, the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Montezuma’s Castle, and so many other breathtakingly beautiful places on those trips. We traveled in a either a Ford Pinto or our VW Van. Those parks inspired and awed us with their incredible magnificence.
I would hate for future generations NOT to have those same places to renew their appreciation for nature’s beauty and bounty.
Sincerely,
Arches National Park
With more than 2,000 natural stone arches, this landmark park offers more of these distinctive rock formations than anywhere else in the world. Wind and water, extreme temperatures, and a shifting underground salt bed sculpted the red rock over time into the area's spectacular and often delicate shapes. These arches can be large and impressive like the famous Delicate Arch, or just slivers in the sandstone.
State(s): Utah
Established: 1929
“THEY BELONG TO EVERY AMERICAN, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, AND NOT TO BIG OIL, BIG GAS, BIG MINING OR ANY OTHER BIG CORPORATIONS THAT COULD CARE LESS ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT. OUR NATIONAL PARKS ARE TO BE ENJOYED, NOT DESPOILED AND DESTROYED...”
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Greetings from Arches National Park
My girlfriend and I woke up in Southern California and at 5AM she asked me “Zion or Arches”? We had two friends (another queer couple) in Arches so headed there on a whim where our chosen family met us with an already set-up tent, dinner, and cold drinks. I love…
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Greetings from Arches National Park
My partner Keith and I in Spring 2009. I lived in CO for 10 years and have explored all over the west. I really enjoyed showing him some of my favorite spots.
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Greetings from Arches National Park
After a 6000-mile road trip through more than a dozen national parks and monuments (Mt. Rainier to Saguarro), I commissioned my painter friend, Connie Brown, to map the "spellbound" tour, using photographs I had taken as models for her border vignettes. This is her fabulous masterpiece!
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