Eight of us had a great, but cool and windy, hike out to Delicate Arch today. Happily the busloads of school kids left so we ate lunch with one of the most fabulous views in the world. The sky was blue, the arch was beautiful, and the LaSal Mountains in the background were covered with snow. In fact the LaSals got more snow last night and most of them are well covered. It was simply magnificent and we felt fortunate to be able to experience it.
Christi was the one who saved our day. When we arrived at the parking lot, it was packed because the Wolfe Ranch part of the road farther out was closed. It must have been damaged in the last rain because it was flooded and equipment was there to work on it. We finally found a long RV parking place. Christi pulled into it and said to herself "I have a Jeep and I can drive up over that curb" so that's what she did. Jerry guided her as far forward as possible, then he guided me to within a few inches of Christi, and than he guided Big Larry within inches of me. So we got three vehicles into that one space. I thought it was a wonderful use of space. The bus drivers thought it was pretty clever too. I'll bet a lot of people saw us and thought someone was going to come back and find themselves trapped. Nothing like three friends to solve a problem! Unfortunately the Nesbitts couldn't find a place to park there so they went to their alternate hike which we'll hear about at happy hour. When we returned from our hike, cars were parked out along the road for quite a distance.
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