St. George and Cedar City, Utah

Leaving Kanosh, we headed down the road, only to have the truck brakes commence to squeal loudly.  We went back to the Stroud's place and Jim took the truck into Fillmore.  Turns out, a rock had gotten thrown into the brake mechanism.  At least, this time the repair was quick.  We were back on the road before noon.
We drove to Snow Canyon State Park for our St. George stay.  The canyon is a beautiful mix of red rock, white rock, and striped rock!

In St. George, we checked out Temple Square,

and toured Brigham Young's winter home.

We did some shopping and purchased some "costume" treasures!  (You'll have to ask me about those!)

We managed a little hiking, but there were only two trails on which Hobbes was allowed.  The wildlife in this country is really getting wimpy.  If they can't survive the smell of a dog walking through, I can't imagine how they survive in the wild.  Haven't park rangers ever heard that "nature is red in tooth and claw?"

The campsite was lovely, if a bit tight, and we did enjoy our four nights in amongst the rocks.

One surprise in St. George was the Johnson Farm Dinosaur Site.  From the brochures, I anticipated one cast type track and maybe a couple of smaller ones.  Instead, there was a very instructive museum and lots and lots of dinosaur tracks.  These were discovered right there in that vicinity and the museum developed around them.  It was fascinating!

We were very impressed with St. George.  It looks like a fine city  We certainly enjoyed our visit.

Now we have moved on to Cedar City and the Utah Shakespeare Festival.  On Wednesday night we saw, "Stones in His Pocket".  This play, with two actors and 15 characters, was impressive.  Tonight we are scheduled for "Les Miserables", and tomorrow night, Hamlet.  

Today we went out to visit the Allens in Cedar Canyon.  Jim did blacksmithing with him in Fillmore.  We had a lovely but brief visit as they are leaving this afternoon for a vacation to Boston.  We hope to see them again on our next trip to Utah.

Our declaration is that Utah is a beautiful state with many, many interesting sights to behold and many friendly individuals to meet.