Parade of Elephants
The thing that struck me about Arches National Park was that it so plainly illustrates the vast number of ways there are to erode a rock. There were wind-warn rocks, water-sculpted rocks, and crumbling-from-beneath rocks. There were warn-down rocks and carved-out rocks and under-cut rocks.
The aftermath of this erosion was as diverse as the methods used to achieve it. There were some rocks that had been warn into cumbersome lumps and others that had been honed into sharp edges. There were balanced rocks and arches and potholes. And there were of course the grand dollops of sandstone shown in the two photos above—which I believe were part of a formation known as the Parade of Elephants. They were warn down to big nobly mounds of rock that indeed did look like a parade of elephants. African savanna elephants to be precise.
Assortment
- A Weekend in Door County
- A fog of anxiety and exhaustion plagues me right now. What I need is a bonafide mini break. My most practical escape route is a northerly one to Door County, Wisconsin. I book several nights at Stone Harbor Resort.
- Blue Bird Loop
- At one point the trail disappears onto an exposed stretch of granite. I continue to walk for few minutes across the rock and come to the other side. The giant slab ends at a steep drop-off.
