Arches National Park - Tower Arch Trail
Moab, Utah
2 May 2001

Pictures by Matt Farr

The Tower Arch trail is inside Arches National Park. It's an easy/moderate trail that winds through some wonderful backcountry desert terrain. The trail could be done by anyone in a stock Jeep Wrangler, but I wouldn't recommend it if you've never been off the pavement before. My friend Dave DeLong and I checked out the trail on Wednesday afternoon before Cruise Moab began. It was a damp, chilly day, so we had the trail to ourselves.
 
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Our journey begins with the frantic reassembly of the soft top on Matt's 1981 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40.
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We approach Balanced Rock, an Arches National Park "must-see" attraction. 
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You can hike around Balanced Rock. If you're lucky, it might fall on you, making you famous forever. 
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Balanced Rock looks different from every angle. 
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Balanced Rock playfully imitating a giant rock mushroom. 
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A misty day.
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This is "Eye-of-the-Whale" Arch.
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"Eye-of-the-Whale" Arch
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The views from above "Eye-of-the-Whale" Arch are magnificent.
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Tower Arch trail, which is how we got to this point.
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It takes a big rock to make Dave look so puny.
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David S. DeLong, wearing a hat from REI and cologne from BO.
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More Dave.
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The back side of Eye-of-the-Whale Arch.
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Dave worships the sun.
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Dave exhibits the moon.
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Matt dwarfed by rocks.
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Another view of the back of Eye-of-the-Whale Arch.
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It's a bit of a hike to get around to the back side of this arch.
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A final view of the Eye-of-the-Whale Arch.

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