St. George, Utah

Oh, it has certainly been a busy week.  We spent the week touring the back country in the St. George area.

I always find St. George of special interest - for us folks that travel south in the winter to avoid the snow and cold, St. George is the start of the nice weather.  It seems that you come down out of the mountains, it changes from winter to summer in a matter of miles.

Daily, we would pack our lunch and head out on to the trails, in various directions.  And daily, there were different directions, exceptional scenery, and sometimes, new experiences.

We started the week by getting a very early start on Sunday morning.  That is something that happens when someone reads the information incorrectly and find out that things start happening late Sunday morning, and not mid-afternoon.  We arrived in plenty of time to make sure we missed nothing.

Every day was a new experience, whether it be crossing rivers, or climbing to the top of mountains, or maybe running across sand dunes.  Following is a collection of photos taken this past week - I will try to say a little of what we were doing.

Toquerville Falls - A crossing on top, and at

the bottom were some swimming holes that many were enjoying.  I didn't check the temperature of the water but I'm sure it wasn't very warm.

No Halloween is complete with out a costume competition!!

There were some amazing petroglyphs partway up the side of a hill/mountain which very few people apparently get to see - well, mountain goat Gerry went up there.

This is a birthing cave which was a very short distance from the petroglyphs.

Here is a close-up of a dinosaur track and the area in which they were found. 

This is a jeep that was in front of us crossing the east branch of the Virgin River - we were right behind.  We ended up crossing this river 22 times!

It was amazing the depth of the  sand on many of the hills.  This is what can happen very quickly and it seemed that whenever the driver tried to get out, the sand would just pull him down the hill further.

What a view

Driving back through Zion park after a great trip

Pearson Fort - not very large but on top of a knoll so they could definitely see in all directions.

Sand Dunes

Comforts out in the middle of the sand dunes

Roads down the hill.  We didn't take these particular ones but similar

Sunday is moving day again.  This week will likely be spent without any cell coverage so that means no internet.  Next week's blog will likely be a tad late, but I will be back.

I hope everyone has a great week!!