Utah ~ Week 2 friends, golf and exploring red rock country!

Hello One and All!

We are still at it in southern Utah and continuing to enjoy this beautiful part of the country and the excellent weather - staying in the 70's and 80's  with cooler temps at night.

We had a great time with our friends Phil and Yvonne and the day after they left we spent a couple of days with friends Max and Arleen and played golf at the beautiful Sky Mountain course and explored Zion with the Canyon Overview hike being a real highlight!

We are on our own for about 10 days before my sister and brother-in-law come this Sunday.

So more golf, kayaking, and of course cycling and hiking are the main diversions.

So far this week we have cycled and hiked in Snow Canyon S.P., Kayaked at Sand Hollow S.P., Hiked in the Red Cliffs Recreation Area, Played the course at Cedar Ridge Golf course, and today we hiked a little known hike in upper Zion nicknamed "Many Pools" which was magical and then went East of the Park and had a great lunch in Kanab and playe 9 holes in Mount Carmel.

Lest you think we are just having fun, we are keeping close tabs on political news and are just bamboozled by the crazy turns in our electoral process.

My sister Patty asked about signage and the politics in Utah - and though it is for sure a red state - we see no political signs for the presidential election but quite a few for local and state elections.

Maybe there is a political modesty in this state and in someways it has been a national focus because of the three way split among Clinton, Trump, and McMullen (who is Morman).

Anyway below are some pics which will highlight some of what we have been up to.

Be Safe!   

Don and Carol

Hiking the Canyon Overlook with Max and Arleen at Zion

                                                                 Max cranking it up at Sky Mountain Golf Course

Kayaking in Sand Hollow State Park

Hiking in Snow Canyon and Red Cliffs Recreation area.

Zion National Park ~  Many Pools Hike

Hope you enjoyed!

Don and Carol

Good Morning!
after some hickups with wifi - i am looking forward to blogging our trip to southern Utah!
This trip Carol and I decided to spend some time in one area - so we are in Hurricane, Utah for the entire month of October.  This is a boom town between St. George and Zion National Park in a beautiful part of the state. Even though we have visited this area many times we wanted to park Obi-Wander (our 23' trailer) and just do day trips and a couple of overnighters in southern Utah.
   
     In addition we are enjoying visitors from home -  our friends Phil and Yvonne just spent several days with us and now our friends Max and Arlene have driven down and we are exploring the area together for a few days.  The last week of the month my sister Terri and her husband Joe are flying into Vegas and we will do some overnighters to the Grand Canyon North Rim and the Grand Staircase-Escalante N.M.  It is going to be a fun month!

    So backing up - we took a week to come down to Hurricane - including stops outside of Portland and Baker City Oregon, Twin Falls, Idaho, and Ogden, Utah - where we visited Carol's cousins who live in that area.



We had a great campsite in Barton County Park in Clackamas area of Oregon with an added bonus of being a mile away from the Bent Shovel Nano-Brewery!











We really wanted to spend some time in the Twin Falls Idaho area and visited Thousand Springs State Park, Shoshone Falls, had a round of golf next door to our campsite at Three Islands Crossing S.P. and finally reached a State of Bliss (turns out its actually a town).

Here's a sample of some of the things of what we've been up to since we have arrived in Hurricane:

Sand Hollow State Park                                          Hills around Hurricane




Wild Life ate Cedar Cliffs Golf Course



Our friends Phil and Yvonne discussing the beauty of Kolob Canyon
                                                                   
                                                                              Phil and I starting our hike up Zion Narrows








                 The Narrows















Red Reef Hike in the Red Cliffs Recreation Area:






























Thanks for reading and looking to this point!  More to Come

Don and Carol