By STORY AND PHOTOS BY SANDY NELSON The Colorado Plateau Seven thousand feet above the Colorado River, the windshield of a single-propellor Cessna reduces millions of acres of sandstone wilderness to a fluid, rectangular canvas.

By Associated Press MOAB -- Arches National Park hopes to reopen the Delicate Arch trail by this weekend, one week after two dozen stranded hikers were rescued from the area during heavy rains. Park officials were hoping to reopen the trail before today, said Paul Henderson, park spokesman.

MOAB (AP) -- Arches National Park hopes to reopen the Delicate Arch trail by this weekend, one week after two dozen stranded hikers were rescued from the area during heavy rains. Park officials hope to reopen the trail before Friday, said Paul Henderson, park spokesman.