Fiery Furnace 102 Degrees!

Day 5
June 27, 2016
More arches and blistering hot weather
For a full descrition of Fiery Furnace go to Dave's blog: http://sentenceofdave.blogspot.com/

Dinosaur tracks of an allosaurus.

We begin our ranger-led, three hour hike through the Fiery Furnace. It is 102 degrees at 5:00 p.m.

Ian volunteers to tie his shoes with no thumbs to show adaptations.

Crawl Through Arch - even Dave got through!

We climbed down that. This hike was strenuous with many obstacles and jumps.

Skull Arch

Yes, we are going in there.

Suck it in and squeeze through.

Views like this were around every corner on this hike.

Surprise Arch

Ranger Mike shared an emotional story about his difficult journey and how memories of Arches National Park "brought him back" after an illness. He told us to place a memory on a piece of paper and keep it in our pocket for a time that we need to be brought back. 

Again, our boys were amazing hikers. 

The more strenuous and difficult the hike,

 the more they love it!

Fiery Furnace at 8:00 p.m. still 100 degrees. Time for a beer!

Arches National Park at Sunrise

Day 4
June 26, 2016
For a full description of our day visit Dave's blog at http://sentenceofdave.blogspot.com/

Balanced Rock at 5:55 a.m.

We all got up at 5 a.m., so we could hike in the cool weather. The boys were troopers!

Beautiful sunrise shots!

My climber...

Landscape Arch

Dave and I were here twenty years ago.

Hiking over the fins of sandstone.

1, 2, 3, Push

Double O Arch

Ian spotted a snakeskin in the little crevice above his head. Thank goodness it was not the real thing. It could be a rattlesnake skin.

Still happy after about four miles and 2 1/2 hours of hiking.

Red-Spotted Toad

Almost back.. this hike from Devils Garden to Landscape Arch around the Primitive Loop took 3 1/2 hours.

Wile E. Coyote Land

Day 3
June 25, 2016
Arches National Park, Moab, UT

Park Avenue Walk

Our trek up to Delicate Arch, only 89 degrees at 7:30 a.m.

Ian couldn't wait to see cacti in the desert.

Delicate Arch

We made it!

Hold it!

Balanced Rock

Through, Around & Over the Rocky Mtns.

Day 2
June 24, 2016
Six hour drive to Moab, UT

See the snow!

An off-shoot of the Colorado River.

Need gas?

Good thing we didn't need this bridge.

Dewey Bridge built in 1919.

Colorado River below the Rocky Mtns.

Sleepy, but excited for our trip!

Day 1
June 23
Newark, NJ - Denver, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal- National Wildlife Refuge

We saw jackrabbits, a toad, buffalo, and lots of prairie dogs.

(A little walk after our flight. We've been up since 2:45 a.m.)

Denver Art Museum

Fun jumping over water spouts outside the museum.

Great lunch at the food trucks in Denver.

Dinner at Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs. Alex was determined to eat all different types of meat this vacation. He had a rattlesnake and pheasant hot dog. I had wild boar with apricot and cranberries. Dave had buffalo. A must try when in Denver.

Dave Leaves for Denver

Dave's Day 1
June 19th

A family of four on a three week vacation. Pretty good packing job!

2nd Pellicane Family Cross-Country Trip COMING SOON

We are starting to pack our bags and we will be visiting, Moab, Grand Canyon, Sedona, Chinle, Mesa Verde, and Santa Fe. Our trip will begin on June 23rd. Come along for another adventure with the Pellicane Crew.