After talking to a local at a local watering hole, she told us of a place about 9 miles north of the city that is not known to many people. It is some hills that are exposed, showing layers of green clay that the water has slowly been eroding. It's exposing many types of rocks that have been buried many years ago. We found a few geodes that when you break them open reveals beautiful crystals inside. There are also pieces of bone that are from the dinosaur period. We found a few pieces that looking at closely does look like bone but not being an expert it is hard to tell.
In the afternoon we headed back into Arches National Park for a guided tour of the Fiery Furnace, an area in the park that you can only hike with a guided tour. The reason you can't wonder off alone is because there are really no trails in the huge spears of rock and it is very easy to get lost.
The tour was very informative . The guide would stop and show us certain rock formations and explain how they believe it was formed. She also told us what to look for to determine the different layers of rock.
Of course, we found many more arches that few people ever see because of its remote locations. The park has over 2,000 arches.
The downside to taking the tour was that it seemed that we stopped every 10 minutes to look at something or wait for the entire group scramble over rocks.
After walking this 3 mile hike we were both ready to head back to Road Hazard and relax. Tomorrow we are heading to the mecca of Mountain Bike riding.
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