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We made our fourth or fifth return trip to Arches earlier this week, meeting up with friends Jim and Jill and staying in the incredible Devil’s Garden campground.

Sunset near Devil's Garden Sunset near Devil’s Garden

The reason we love staying in this campground: the park is fairly vast and you can start and end your day easily with beautiful hikes of just about any difficulty level.

One of the many spectacular formations that aren't arches One of the many spectacular formations that aren’t arches

We did all the highlights and stuck to mostly shorter hikes. Hits for me were the arches right near the campground that we did at sunset, and a morning walk around namesake Devil’s Garden area. Finally saw my Say’s phoebe, a new lifer for me.

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