August 2009 Vacation in Durango, Colorado and Arches National Park

Friend’s vacation house in Durango

At the train station in Durango, where daily trains go to Silverton

Mountain biking on trails near the town

On the Colorado Trail, which goes all the way to Denver

We spotted the train to Silverton

Seeing bear tracks can sometimes be discomforting

Hot springs along the way

Spent part of a day at Mesa Verde National Park

At the Cliff Palace site

Caution: Poison Ivy

On the road to Moab, passing by unique rock structures

At Arches National Park, where we spent two night camping

The scenery at Arches is incredible

Our first Arch on our 8 mile hike

Lots of neat rock fins along the way

Landscape Arch, can you see it?

Some jumping and climbing required along the way

A much better picture of Landscape Arch

On top of some rock fins along the trail

At Navajo Arch

Our very toasty camp site, where daytime temperatures were 100+ degrees Farenheit

Balanced Rock

On the way to Delicate Arch

The world famous Delicate Arch

Hiking up Engineer Mountain (over 12000 ft elevation)

Over 40 combined hours later, the 1499 piece puzzle (one was missing) is done!

Hiking to Ice Lake

At the beautiful and serene, Ice Lake