Arches National Park: Park Avenue

On Dec. 1 we headed into Arches National Park.  It's one of those places where you just can't put the camera down.  These first 3 photos were taken on our approach to the Park Avenue trail, which is the first one you come to inside the park:

The Park Avenue trail is a good one, around 2 miles out and back.  It's named after these rock erosions that look like skyscrapers:

We had some interesting clouds too that made for great photos when they weren't putting everything into shadow:

I think this one is called the Three Gossips:

Coming up next, Balanced Rock and the drive on the way there ...