December 16, 2012 by Pat Bean
It’s a Matter of Balance
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and woried to death by a fown on the right man’s brow.” — Ovid
Balancing Rock in Utah’ Arches National Park. You can see it in the opening scene of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. — Photo by Pat Bean
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
Pat Bean is a writer, avid birder, hiker and passionate nature observer with wanderlust in her soul. She spent nine years living and traveling in a small RV. She now lives in Tucson with a furry black ball of energy she named Pepper, a rescued Scotty-mix. She was also a journalist for 37 years, and can be reached at patbean@msn.com
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We didn’t make it to Arches this time around–Zion and Bryce were our only two Utah parks on this trip–but I would love to see that park once upon a time. Thank you for reminding me.
I hope you make it back soon. Within an hour or two driving distance from Arches, there’s also Canyland, Needle in the Sky, National Park, and a quick detour on the way there is Deadhorse Point State Park with its fantastic view.