What a View

(warning - there are A LOT) of pictures in this post - because it was impossible to choose just one or two) 

There just aren't words other than "eye candy" to describe what we saw yesterday. 

 To be honest, my knowledge of our country's national park system. I didn't know about Arches until I started planning our route and looking at things to do on the way. 

I am SO glad I did a little research - because it would have been a tragedy to miss this. 

 or this -

 or this

 The colors and majesty of this place were "take your breath away" beautiful.

 I know that there is a detailed and verified scientific explanation for all this splendor and beauty - but there is no way this is a random act. It is mind blowing to me that the same God who created all this beauty also sets the fatherless in families. 

 Balancing rock - I ma pretty convinced that this defies all the scientific law and it is only God that holds this in place! 

 The "Window" - a beautiful example of the wonder of Arches! 

 For some perspective....

Delicate Arch - the most famous of the Arches. We didn;t do the three mile round trip hike to the base. 100 degree heat + 5 pm plus four tired kids = "we will see it next time up close"

 We were very brave today - after a 7 hour car ride and two hours of touring in the heat, we decided to get some dinner out. We went to a cool "log cabin" restaurant and had a very peaceful and calm dinner.

An A+ day all the way around - God's beauty in both a macro and micro sense. 

Amazing!