{"id":4617,"date":"2022-04-10T22:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2022-05-21T08:13:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T00:13:58","slug":"202006d3arches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/202006d3arches\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3 of 2020 Utah Trip, Arches National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third day of my Utah trip. I would finally be in one of Utah\u2019s “mighty five” National Parks. I would be driving from Green River to Moab, and spend the majority of the day in Arches National Park.<\/p>\n

\"Double<\/a>

<\/br>Double Rainbow over Delicate Arch<\/p><\/div>\n

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I chose to spend the previous night in the town of Green River, about an hour away from Moab, the gateway town to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.
\nThe hotel I stayed in Green River was 44 dollar per night, taxes included and before hotels.com reward\/cashback. The minimum nightly rate for Moab was 100+ for the season. That is, I caught some hotels napping when Moab announced reopening dates for the national parks, and booked three nights for less than 200 dollars before they adjusted prices to proper levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Floy<\/span><\/h3>\n

After leaving Green River, I followed Interstate 70 to a place called “Floy”, which was the intersection of Interstate 70 with Old Highway 6&50. There were some mesas not too far away to the North, so I thought it\u2019s a good spot to play around with my drone, since for the rest of the day national parks were no-drone zones.<\/p>\n

\"Mesa\"<\/a>

<\/br>\"Mesa\"<\/a> \"Mesa\"<\/a><\/br>\"Mesa\"<\/a> \"Mesa\"<\/a><\/br>Mesa<\/p><\/div>\n

Apart from a few off-roaders in ATVs, the area\u2019s pretty desolate.<\/p>\n

\"Distant<\/a>

<\/br>Distant Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Mesas<\/a>

<\/br>Mesas along Interstate 70 near Floy, Utah<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Old<\/a>

<\/br>Old Highway 6<\/br>Abandoned and no longer maintained.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Interstate<\/a>

 \"Interstate<\/a><\/br>\"Interstate<\/a><\/br>Interstate 70<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Railroad\"<\/a>

<\/br>Railroad<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Valley\"<\/a>

<\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Creek\"<\/a>

 \"Creek\"<\/a><\/br>Creek<\/br>Only along which patches of trees could survive.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Interstate<\/a>

<\/br>Interstate 70 near Floy, Utah<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s my drone footage:
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