Next stop on our trip through the Southwest was Arches National Park. It is another very large park (over 75,000 acres) & contains over 2,000 natural sandstone arches as well as many other dramatic rock formations, some of which can be seen here. We had stayed in Moab the previous night & decided to get up early to catch at least some of Arches in the early morning light. We drove out of town & part of the way into the park & stopped to take our first photos here. I was puzzled that my camera display told me that it was using the built in ram & only had 16 photos left. After a moment of panic, it dawned on me that I had taken my memory card out the previous night to review the previous day's photos on my tablet & had forgotten to put it back in the camera (I know, I should always carry a spare card). I was really bummed at the thought of having to go all the way back into town & missing a chunk of the morning. Then it occurred to me that there was a possibility the park visitor center might have a card for sale, so we headed back for there. Luckily, it turned out they did. Though it was only a 2 GB card, it got me through the day & our lost time was minimized. All's well that ends well... Please zoom