Since Lance has already traveled so much this year, I got to choose what we did for our 20th anniversary and I chose to visit Scott. I've never seen where they lived or been to southern UT and I still hadn't met baby Maggie!
First they took us to see the petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks in the Parowan Gap.
These are two dinosaur tracks on top of each other, Lance's hand for size reference. When the dinosaurs left tracks, the prints would fill with sand and dirt then become like cement overtime. They were embedded in these large boulders around this area.
After I got ready for the day, I came out to the living room to see Lance holding Maggie out by the window and talking softly to her, "And out there are the birds and I can see some gravel and flowers and clouds...." It was so cute.
That afternoon we hike Kanarra Falls which you have to have a reservation for. It's 2 miles in and 2 miles out, the first little bit is just a red dirt trail and you cross the stream a few times. After that it is hiking through the slot canyons in the water. Because it was hot the cold water felt so good!
Sometimes you can't take the city out of the boy, haha. Lance opted not to bring his water shoes and tried these leg bags (from work) instead. It only lasted about 5 minutes before his shoes were soaked.
Natural water slide
At the top of the falls
You could put your arms out and reach each side of the slot canyon. It was also considerably cooler in there which felt so good.
Everything about this hike was so incredibly beautiful! It was my favorite part of the whole trip.
The next day we went to Zion's National Park where we hiked to the overlook. It was 100* that day. Lucy and Miles are absolute troopers, they did a great job hiking by themselves. Miles made me nervous a few times because he was jumping and running along this narrow trail which was covered in slippery sand....I had to keep telling him to hold my hand.
The views were stunning!
This red circle is a tunnel that I'd guess to be a half mile long that runs through the mountain. The tunnel had a few windows cut out that were very large, at least 50 feet long. But at this angle against the mountain for reference, it makes those large windows look like tiny specs.
Sweet baby Maggie!
We toured Brigham Young's winter home and the endowment house in St. George.
This is his original desk.
We went to the St. George temple and the visitors center.
This is the new Red Cliffs temple that we drove by.
That evening we went to Tuacahn which is an outdoor amphitheater and saw The Wizard of Oz. The show didn't start until 8:45 and for good reason, it was still very hot! They even stopped the show at one point for an emergency because one of the lead characters got heat exhaustion in his costume; it was still 85* at midnight. It was an amazing production and the set was just incredible! They used the cliffs showing lightening off them and had real animals-horses, goats, chickens, dogs, etc. It was so well done, I would really love to go to another one.
I was so happy to see where Scott and Sydney live, it's just the perfect little rural community that really takes care of each other. They have found their people who are extremely supportive! Thanks for a great trip, Scott and Sydney!
