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It is about 88 meters long, and its thinnest and narrowest part has experienced three large stone flakes in the past two or three decades, so the thinnest part is becoming thinner and thinner. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Perhaps, one day not far away, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu will read the news of the complete collapse of the landscape arch from the newspaper, so it is wise to take a few more photos with it while it is still alive.

The landscape arch is the first time that Yunluo and Yan Shenyu need to hike to the valley after coming to the park, but the distance is not long, and it is enough for more than an hour to go back and forth. The people who walked together on the road were tourists from all over the world, and from their speeches, you could hear that there were the most French people, Koreans, Japanese people, and of course Chinese tourists.

Most of the tourists come with their families, and some of the children have just learned to walk and are led by their parents to experience nature, Yunluo admires such parents very much, and the children begin to exercise their willpower when they are so young.

After looking at the landscape arches, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu drove back to the south-central position of the park, where the north-south windows and the turret arch are located. Here, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu just caught up with a ranger-ledprogram - the park management accompanies you to see the attractions and explain them over and over again.

The manager who explained to Yunluo and Yan Shenyu happened to be the manager that Yunluo and Yan Shenyu consulted in the visitor center just now, about 60 years old, with gray hair, but he was in good spirits and had a vigorous pace. To the surprise of both Yunluo and Joy, on the way to visit these arches.

He didn't spend any time explaining the arches, but explained the vegetation and wildlife in the Arches National Park to Yunluo and Yan Shenyu. He often walked to a plant and stopped and told Yunluo and Yan Shenyu how they survived in the barren Gobi, including how to preserve water, how to bloom and bear fruit, and so on.

It also often takes out some pictures of wild animals from its backpack and tells Yunluo and Yan Shenyu how the wild animals here struggle against barren resources to survive and reproduce. He spoke very vividly and in detail. Every word exudes his love for the land.

Finally, he pointed to the arches in the distance and said earnestly: "Tourists come to these arches, but in fact, these vegetation and animals are also the treasures of the whole national park!" Yunluo was also very touched when he heard it, after all, all stones are dead, and those lives who struggle for survival are really worthy of respect.

After touring the landscape arches, the north-south windows, and a series of small arches passing along the way, the final goal of Yunluo and Yan Shenyu is the delicate arch. It takes more than an hour to reach this arch, and there is no obvious path in the second half of the road. To climb some rocks on your own, the difficulty is not low.

Fortunately, there were many people along the way, and Yunluo and Yan Shenyu were not alone. At this time, the clouds in the sky were still very thick, and a few drops of rain were falling from time to time. It was evident that a thick dark cloud was pouring rain on the ground below it in the west, and I really hoped that the dark cloud would not fall and sink over the fish.

Originally, Yunluo wanted to go to the delicate arch to photograph the legendary piece of red, but it seems that the sky is not beautiful, and there is no hope. But since it's a Utah landmark, no matter how difficult the road is, you have to see it. There is a small steep slope before reaching the delicate arch, which most people go around and go straight to the bottom. But Yunluo felt that he would regret not climbing this small slope.

There is a small arch on the slope from which you can see the delicate arch and the surrounding cliffs in the distance. It is completely invisible from the bottom of the slope, but there are actually many photographers tinkering with their equipment at the top of the slope. Of course, Yunluo also took out Yunluo's canon, and shot dozens of shutters at this beautiful scene.

Although the brilliance of the sunset was not captured, the thick black clouds made all the photos taken by Yunluo today have an eerie sense of domineering, highlighting the magnificence of the withering and arches next door, and Yunluo was very satisfied.

At last. When Yunluo and Yan Shenyu were about to leave the delicate arch, a crack suddenly appeared in the western sky. The red afterglow revealed was like a bloody wound cut by a knife in the sky, which was very spectacular, and Yunluo hurriedly caught this scene with his camera, although the shooting level was limited, but it was enough for Yunluo to remember this moment.

In retrospect, there were times when different weather could have resulted in more satisfying results. The sunset that happens almost every day is much cheaper in comparison.

The tour of the first national park can be said to have been smooth. When I returned to the car, it rained heavily, and Yunluo and Yan Shenyu were lucky not to be drenched. Although I was very tired after watching Yunluo and Yan Shenyu in the park for a day, today's task is not over.

Then drive two hours in the dark to Kanab, where the Wave Valley draw takes place, and I'll leave the town and Wave Valley for tomorrow's travelogue.

There's a spectacular and magical stone in Utah. Because the texture of the stone resembles the waves of the sea, it is called "wave". The rocks of this wavy valley are not hard rocks either, and the slightest step on them has the potential to cause permanent damage to its surface.

It is said that once the thin layer of the rock surface is trampled, it will take two to three hundred years of weathering to recover, and you can see how fragile the wave valley is. It is for this reason that the department that manages the stone valley only gives out twenty tickets a day, ten of which were sold online a few months ago.

The remaining ten tickets are reserved for visitors who come on the day to draw lots. Although the Wave Valley is remote – a six-hour hike in the desert with no obvious trails, although the temperature can be close to 40 degrees Celsius in the scorching sun, and although each person needs to carry a heavy 1.5 gallons of drinking water (about five or six bottles of mineral water) on their backs.

But many people still come to the visitor centre in the town of Kanab every day to take part in the lottery just to see the little stone. Yunluo and Yan Shenyu started to drive towards Kanab after visiting Arches National Park yesterday, and in order to catch the 9 o'clock lottery in the morning, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu had to sacrifice some of their sleeping time today in a tired condition.

In the evening, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu settled in a small town called Richfield, and it was already past midnight when they landed. It's still a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Richfield to Kanab, so Yunluo and Yan Shenyu have to get up at half past five in the morning and continue their journey before six.

To be honest, Yunluo didn't feel tired, but the longing for the lottery and the yearning for the Wave Valley have always kept Yunluo in a particularly excited state. Yunluo watched the sunrise in Utah while driving, and admired the small roadside village that had just woken up in the morning, which was also a very enjoyable thing.

It was exactly 8:40 a.m. when we arrived at Kanab, 20 minutes before the draw. At the visitor center off Highway 89 in Kanab Township, more than 60 people had come to participate in the lottery. With all kinds of languages and all kinds of skin tones, Yunluo once again saw the charm of this geographical wonder.

Before the draw, the staff who presided over the draw explained in detail the road conditions and weather conditions to Wave Valley, and told that the journey to Wave Valley was terrifying and difficult. And she also said that two elderly people died of exhaustion on the way out a few months ago, which increased people's fear of going to Wave Valley.

But no matter how horrible the staff spoke, no one left the lottery hall, and everyone remembered their numbers to bless their success. The rules of the draw are simple, each team fills out a form to receive a number, and finally puts all the numbers into a rolling cage in the form of small balls.

The number that falls when you turn the cage is considered a winning draw (much like a lottery). For example, if the number that falls corresponds to a team of three, then there are three fewer places at once, leaving seven. Therefore, a lottery of 60 people does not mean that there will be a 10 out of 60 winning rate.

Yunluo remembered that there were about 25 teams that came to the lottery that day, and there was not only one person in each team, so the probability of winning the lottery was much lower. The draw began, Yunluo stared at the small balls very nervously, the first number that fell out corresponded to a four-person team, and everyone's hearts were suddenly half cold, and there were only six places left.

Later, the numbers of the two-person and three-person teams fell out one after another, and they all had nothing to do with Yunluo. Yunluo arranged for himself two days of lottery opportunities in his itinerary, and the lottery on the first day failed, so he could only hope for tomorrow.

The nine o'clock draw was over, but the day's travel had just begun. The plan that Cloudfall made for today was to go to the restaurants Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend in the town of Page in Arizona.

An hour's drive along Highway 89 from Kanab across the state border to PAGE, where you will see the majestic Lake Powell, a huge reservoir built on the Gobi Desert and a favorite water resort for the surrounding residents.

But Yunluo is not too interested in water sports, and Yunluo and Yan Shenyu are mainly studying geography, not to play in the water, so they took a few photos and went straight to Horseshoe Bend.

The magnificence of Horseshoe Bend can only be experienced by seeing it with your own eyes. Highway 89 passes through the town of Page from north to south and there is a sign for Horseshoebend, stop at the sign, and walk about half a mile to approach this huge horseshoe-shaped canyon. (To be continued.) )

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