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Exploring the National Parks

66: Arches Fun Facts

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to learn some fun facts about Arches National Park!  This is one of the coolest parks to visit, so we are so excited to jump into these truly fascinating fun facts about this national park. From the geology to the wildlife to the stars in the sky, we are covering everything that makes this park so incredible. Join us for this exciting episode! Join us as we discuss:  The crazy number of natural arches this park has  The cryptobiotic crust you’ll find in this park The fascinating wildlife you’ll find here What makes this park an International Dark Sky Park The human history of this park We hope you enjoyed this episode and that you get the chance to get out there and explore this exciting and inviting park soon. There is an Arches adventure waiting for you out there!  If you need any help, we have a ton of trip-planning information over at DirtInMyShoes.com. Don’t forget to complete your task for this week! Head over to our Facebook or Instagram page and share which national park you would like to explore and what adventure you would want to have there. Let us know!  Check out the full show notes here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Arches is dark. How dark? Nobody knows. At least 20 magnitudes per square arc second on the

0:06.9

Bortle meter scale. This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.

0:16.7

My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.

0:21.0

I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National Park

0:25.7

Trip Planning easy.

0:27.3

And I'm John.

0:28.3

I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories, and notice all the things that Ash doesn't

0:32.3

care about much like flowers.

0:35.6

Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.

0:40.0

We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.

0:44.1

And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.

0:47.0

Let's start exploring.

0:51.9

Today, something brand new in my life happened.

0:59.8

I found that there is a new way to choose a restaurant.

1:04.6

And that is based on whether or not it will make you smell like the food that you are eating.

1:12.9

I'm so picky about this.

1:14.9

Poor John.

1:15.8

We're trying to figure out where to go to lunch.

1:17.9

And I'm like, yeah, but I just don't want to smell like food today.

1:21.3

I actually did my hair.

1:23.6

Oh, God.

1:24.7

It was so funny.

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