Today we got up even earlier so we could see some of the park before the heat got too unbearable.Our cabin, which was a few miles from Arches National Park, actually had views of a couple of the arches and some other good scenery, which formed the backdrop to some sunrise pictures from out front of our cabin.

We got started on a hike just after 7am, to see the Landscape Arch, which is probably the second most-photographed arch in the park, and is one of the longest arches in the world, at over 300 feet long.We got some great pictures of the arch and then continued on the trail to the Double O Arch.The hike was fairly tough and the sun was getting pretty hot already, but being practically alone on the hike out made the trip worthwhile.Once we reached the Double O Arch, we pretty much had the place to ourselves for about a half hour.

Afterwards we headed into town to pick up some veggies at the Moab farmer's market and headed back to the cabin for lunch and the afternoon.After dinner we headed over the Canyonlands National Park, which was about thirty minutes away from our campground.We took a hike at sunset to see some of the sights of the "Island in the Sky" section of the park.Despite being pretty close to Moab, the park was basically empty at sunset, and we had the trail to ourselves for about an hour.We got some great pictures of the cliffs and the "Needles district."For the second night in a row, we had a great view of the moonrise, and the full moon seemed enormous and bright.

And now for some more polygamist entendre: three cabins down from us was a family with five boys, four of which were quite literally under the age of five, and all of which were old enough to be walking, yet none of which appeared to be twins.I'm not sure how the math on this would work with just one mother, so? In related news, the campground store stocked a beer made by a microbrewery in Park City called "Polygamist Porter" that had the following slogan on the six-pack "Why settle for just one?"