Sunrise colors at Arches
Getting to the “Arches National Park” is quite simple. What we(me and my friend) did was, we flew to Salt Lake City, Utah and then took a rental car to Arches. We stayed in a simple motel called “Riverside Inn” in “Moab”, the town nearby Arches National Park. We went there on a weekend in September and the sunrise was around 7:30 am. We had breakfast and left before sunrise to the National Park. There were people who were already entering the park and we could recognize the photographers in them. The sunrise was simply amazing and the colors we could see at the time on the rocks were brilliant. If there is a big structure of sandstone for the sunrise, just stop by and go for it. It is giving great colors. Try to stop near the “Three Gossips” for the sunrise.
North and South Window
After sunrise we kept driving into the park towards the first important sight. On the way we could see a lot of small arches and upcoming arches. The wind will keep working and in future there could be more arches here. 
Also, we saw the Couthouse Towers and there from there you can see the remains of an old-day arch. Then we saw the “Balanced Rock”. It is a small simple trail that goes around the balanced rock and it is really nice to see from a distance as if you go closer the base you will see to be quite big in itself and the balancing will seem to be just as normal. Now, we headed towards the first area of arches – “The Windows”. In this area, there is a trail that covers 3 good arches namely “Turret Arch”, “North Window” and “South Window”. This is just over 1 mile for the main trail but there are some unpaved trail areas which will go around the Windows and we had to take it since the sun was on the other side and the purpose was this picture above on the right.
Double Arch
After seeing the windows, we went to see the “Double Arch”. You need to carry lots of water if you are going in summer. It is a dry area and you will need lots of fluids. By the time, you see these arches, you will be quite tired. There are no restaurants/food outlets in the park. We went to have lunch in Moab. You can also pack food to save time. Water is available at a few trailheads and you can get bottled water at the visitor center near the entrance of the park. There is another good arch on the roadside with a few feet walk to it called “Skyline arch”. There are couple other arches with a single trailhead. The cool area is called “Sand dune arch”. It is really nice and cool and as the board there would suggest, it would be a good area for the kids. We decided to skip the “Broken arch” as the name itself was not sounding right. And now, I will have to stop this post with some of the pictures of these arches. In the next post (probably two), I will write about the Devil’s Garden trail and the Delicate arch. As usual, some pictures for you below.
Turret Arch
Balanced Rock
Three Gossips
Skyline Arch
