{"id":154,"date":"2013-11-03T22:42:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T05:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2013-11-03T22:45:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T05:45:15","slug":"back-to-moab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Back to Moab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 15 years I think since I first visited Moab. On that first trip, with a friend from grad school, I hiked the Confluence Overlook trail in Canyonlands, and saw Delicate Arch and Landscape Arch in Arches. This weekend saw me back in Moab again &#8211; for maybe the 8th time &#8211; to run the <a href=\"http:\/\/moabtrailmarathon.com\">Moab trail half marathon<\/a> (a fun but pretty tough race!). Photography wasn&#8217;t really on the agenda, but some friends hadn&#8217;t been to Utah before so with what energy remained after the race we headed into Arches National Park. The hike up to Delicate Arch is a <em>can&#8217;t miss<\/em>, of course, but the best photos were from the Windows area. It was one of the best sunsets I can recall seeing in the park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_twilight800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_twilight800.jpg\" alt=\"Twilight, Arches National Park\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_twilight800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_twilight800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_twilight800-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><em>Twilight, Windows region, Arches National Park<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/south_window_arches_sunset800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/south_window_arches_sunset800.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset, Windows in Arches National Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"321\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/south_window_arches_sunset800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/south_window_arches_sunset800-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/south_window_arches_sunset800-500x200.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><em>The South Window<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_sunset800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_sunset800.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset sky, Arches National Park Utah\" width=\"800\" height=\"229\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_sunset800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_sunset800-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/arches_sunset800-500x143.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><em>Sky color after sunset, Arches<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 15 years I think since I first visited Moab. On that first trip, with a friend from grad school, I hiked the Confluence Overlook trail in Canyonlands, and saw Delicate Arch and Landscape Arch in Arches. This weekend saw &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=154\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-locations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}