When we saw a hike that include 15 small arches we knew that it was a hike for us. We drove up a dirt road a few miles, parked and found the trailhead. Dixie National Forest has over 2 million acres and unlike the National Parks dogs are welcome on the trails in National Forests.
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| Up, up and away. |
The hardest part of hiking for me is elevation gain. I'm old and fat which makes it hard to climb. The other factor this last week was that all the hikes start at over 8,000 feet. In case that is not something you have experienced just imagine turning down the oxygen on Grandpa's air supply. That's why I kept asking Terri, "You trying to kill me?"
Enough whining. The hikes are worth the effort.
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| Climb high enough and you can look down on spires and hoodoos. |
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| A row of arches ahead. |
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| Terri sitting under an arche eating an apple. |
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| What's in that cave? |
As we wander there are many side trails, caves and canyons that we don't explore. We only have so much energy and the question is always, "Can we make it back to the trail head?" So far we have used common sense and made it back each time, sometimes right at the end of my limits. Terri usually has energy to spare. Eva is usually dragging just like me.
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| A selfie under an arche. |
We're loving our time in Dixie.
Life is good.
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