The first part of the hike to Salt Wash precipice follows the Delicate Arch
Trail almost as far as the arch, then goes off-trail toward the precipice.
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Putting on hiking boots at the Delicate Arch Trailhead
Pumping you-know-what out of the toilets at the trailhead
Exposure of the Morrison formation (greenish dirt) at the trailhead
The Green Weenie points to Delicate Arch (but I have to go to school to learn how to focus the camera)
In spite of this sign, I saw a woman on the Delicate Arch trail with no water at all
Bridge over Salt Wash
Flower framed by bridge railing
Dewy bridge (but not Dewey Bridge)
Five hikers on the Delicate Arch Trail
Trail color
Dewy grass
Juniper trunk along the Delicate Arch Trail
Cairn
Evidence of drilling where trail was blasted from the rock
View the upper trail
A vast expanse of sandstone interrupted only by cairns (made of sandstone)