From the Turtle's Shell: 2011

Cedar Breaks

So this is it, dead and live cedar trees?

Our first overlook........definitely more!

Across the road is pretty too.

Love that BIG SKY!

The wildflowers were gorgeous!

Next overlook.....

WOW!

Jim loves the CCC buildings.

.....and the view.

The drive past the canyon had it's own kind of beauty.

Utah is a BEAUTIFUL state!

Parowan Gap

This is Parowan Gap.

This is why it is notable. Thousand year old petroglyphs.

Some are thought to convey astrological information.

Whatever the messages, even if graffiti, they are intriguing.

And numerous......

This profile is particularly interesting. The slit representing the "mouth" is in a position so that in mid morning in the fall of the year, the figure "swallows" the sun and in the spring "spits out the sun." Thus is represented the coming of winter and the return of warmth in the spring. Pretty nifty messaging!

My imagination says that this must be the way the land looked to early settlers as they followed a path left by earlier wagons.

After Zion

After we left Zion National Park, we went to Cedar City, Utah to take advantage of the Utah Shakespeare Festival. We saw "Richard III" and also Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie". Both plays were very well done and quite enjoyable. I recommend this very popular festival to anyone who happens to be anywhere nearby. It occurs annually during the summer months. Quite impressive!

Zion Rocks!

Jim came in Monday morning and said "We have the week off, what shall we do?" "Go to Zion", was my reply. We left in the afternoon. Next day, we managed three hikes in Zion National Park and were blown away by the exquisite scenery.