How to hide an arch

October 25, 2003Written by Lynn Sessions

Another Saturday and we are back in the hills west of Parowan Utah looking for Mitchell Arch again.

David and I separated on our hike back to the vehicle so we can cover more country. As I top a hill I see the little arch we had found on our previous arch hunt. And thirty feet to the east is Mitchell Arch! The only thing that kept us from seeing it on the previous visit was a single skinny cedar tree.

I had to hike all the way back to the vehicle and bring David back so he could enjoy the humor of the situation.

Since we still had some daylight, we drove up Parowan Canyon so we could take a few pictures of the unique canyon rocks.

From the canyon, we continued up the mountain to Cedar Breaks National Monument.

What a view!

Finally, we had to head for home.

2003 Trip Reports Mitchell Arch

"As you journey through life, choose your destination well, but do not hurry there. You will arrive soon enough. Wander the back roads and forgotten paths, keeping your destination in your heart. Seek out new voices, strange sights, and ideas foreign to your own. Such things are riches for the soul. And if upon arrival, you find that your destination is not exactly as you had dreamed, do not be disappointed. Think of all you would have missed but for the journey there, and know that the true worth of your travels lies not in where you come to be at journey’s end, but in who you come to be along the way."