We did go to the same places!
On our way to Mesa Verde we stopped at a huge nursery and got some plants.
It poured for an hour on our hike to delicate arch, there were waterfalls on all the cliffs rushing down making rivers where the trail was. It was in the high 90's at our house before we left, it was in the low 60's when it rained making us cold. Couldn't get pictures even though I had my camera. It got soaked and wouldn't work until the next day.
My camera is pretty tough, it also survived a mountain climb in Colorado past year. (It rained on that trip too!!!)
