Yesterday, Saturday, we moved from Pahrump NV to St George
UT. A beautiful drive up through the
Virgin River Gorge – unfortunately they had it down to 2 lanes through the
tightest part (for vehicles up to 10’ wide).
We were at the limit and sweating it.
Today, the plan was to head to Cedar City and Kolob
Reservoir but the road to the reservoir was closed due to snow. It was in the high 60s but the snow still had
not melted entirely.
Instead we drove through Kolob Canyon – we hiked here a few years back but I tore something in my calf and we had to cut the hike short. The drive was beautiful.
Lots of beautiful birds –
Then for a quick trip to Mesquite NV (40 minutes away) back
through the Virgin River Gorge to check out the casinos (up another $45).
We decided to avoid the traffic through the gorge and drove a
back road through the Paiute Indian Reservation. Found a great place for rock
hounding and a nice little mine. This went deep into the mountain but we did
not venture in for obvious reasons – fear of dying!
Below is Kayenta Canyon on the north side of St George. This is one of the areas we are looking at homes - in case we decide to move here. Very tempting scenery.
Who knows where we will end up!!
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