And the Hi everyone welcome back to National Park After Dark, Trail Tales Edition.

We have a lot of stories for you today.

And our first story, which you are going to be sharing, is the biggest throwback of anything

we've ever re-told on the show.

We have a really special story that originally aired on Trail Tales 3.

Yeah, and it's one of my favorite ones that we've ever told and it just aired so long ago that we wanted to bring it back because it's a really kind of special story and I think that it's a fun one for people who have been specifically to Arches and I'd like to know if other people have this experience as well.

Yeah, we've had a couple follow-up stories over the years kind of spurring off of this original story and there is a reason we are retelling it today and

we'll tell you that reason at the end. So go take it away. Take it away.

Okay. So my story is titled Spirit of the Arches.

Hi, Lovelies, I absolutely love your podcast.

I discovered it while searching for something to listen to while doing a solo cross-country trip

this past summer through 16 national parks

slash monuments in 25 states. I finished every single episode that was available

before the end of my journey and have been a weekly listener ever since.

Inspired by your Trail Tales episodes,

I began thinking back on an experience I had with the spirit at Arches National Park.

When I arrived at the park early in the morning,

I made my way through the front gate into the red rock beauty

Stopping basically every 10 minutes for the amazing photo opportunities

During one of my stops at the courthouse towers a woman gave me advice to hike the delicate arch trail.

I wasn't the most experienced hiker, but this woman assured me over and over that despite the high experience level,

it would be something I could do and that it would be worth it so I

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