#03: Arches National Park: Getting Lost in the Fiery Furnace

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Would you go into a fiery furnace on purpose if you knew you’d probably get lost, have to squeeze through narrow openings, and be forced to crab walk over sketchy boulders? Well, that’s exactly what we did, and we even waited in line for a permit to do it. The Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park is a special treat for visitors as only a limited number of people are allowed permits each day to hike through this magnificent maze of rock formations. We’ve visited the fiery furnace in Arches National Park a couple of times, and in this episode, we talk about our experiences along the trail. In this episode we discuss: Karen's fantasy of being an off-duty park ranger Our ranger-led tour into the fiery furnace Returning on our own and getting lost in the slot canyons, and How we live and work together 24/7 Links: To see photos from our travels, visit our Instagram account, or TikTok account Recreation.gov Join the conversation on Facebook Our books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, and did you get to that point where you crawl on your belly through the little opening and you come up and you're in this like magical grotto?
0:09.0	Yeah, like no. I don't do belly crawling.
0:12.0	Not even to get into a magical grotto?
0:15.0	No.
0:17.0	Even a magical one.
0:19.0	If I'm on my belly, we're going the wrong way. This is the Dear Bob and Sioux Podcast, stories of adventures and misadventures in the U.S. National Parks and Public Lands. I'm Matt Smith and I'm Karen Smith.
0:45.0	We are the authors of the Dear Bob and Sioux series of books.
0:50.0	Today we're taking you on our adventure into the fiery furnace, a maze of canyons in Arches National Park,
0:56.8	where we thought we might be lost forever.
0:59.6	At the end of the show, we'll answer questions from listeners like you in our mailbag segment.
1:05.3	But first, Karen and I discuss her dream of being a Park Ranger, who happens to also be always
1:11.1	off duty. I do think it's odd that your fantasy is
1:17.0	I do think it's odd that your fantasy is that you're a park ranger but you're always off
1:28.1	duty. You're a park ranger off duty but you carry your bags and your ticket book so that you can catch people doing stuff.
1:38.0	Yeah, still my fantasy because everywhere we go in the parks we see people breaking the rules all the time
1:48.0	sadly.
1:49.0	Yes.
1:50.0	That's your contribution to the world.
1:54.0	Well, because...
1:55.0	The rule enforcer?
1:57.0	Yes, because they won't listen to me now.
1:59.0	There might be other reasons why no one's listening to you but but continue it's your
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