We arrived at Snow Canyon State Park near St. George, Utah in the afternoon, hot and tired from a long day of traveling. But we kept our pact not to complain. After all, we could be in Alaska whining about being cold and not having enough sunshine. It is an older state park created in 1959 and not designed for large RVs. Our full hook-up site( number 11) was so narrow, we could hardly put our slides out. At least we had our own little private desert garden outside our door. We went for a walk around the campground amoung colorful Navajo sandstone cliffs that looked more fragile than other places we have been.
We found some sites that were very private and roomy but without hook-ups. We will keep that in mind if we come again. As the sun was going down, the light and shadows danced across the canyon and was awesome.
The park has an interesting history. The Anasazi Indians inhabited the area as early as A.D. 200 to 1250 and the Paiute Indians used the canyon for hunting and gathering from A.D. 1250 to the mid-1800s followed by the Mormon pioneers. At first, we wondered if they actually got snow here because of the park name, but it was actually named after two Utah Pioneers, Lorenzo and Erastus Snow. The canyon is a famous site for several Hollywood films: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Dance Kid, The Electric Horseman, and Jeremiah Johnson.
On Thursday, we went into St. George and had a delicious lunch at Olive Garden before shopping for groceries, calling home, and catching up on our email. It was a lovely evening so we sat outside to eat our dinner of crab bisque and BLTs.
Friday was a beautiful morning and after breakfast, we went hiking on the Lava Flow Overlook Trail to some lava tubes and lovely views of the West Canyon.
We then connected with the Whiterocks Trail leading to the a natural amphitheater of white sandstone for a nice easy 3.75 mile hike. You can barely see me at the top of the white sandstones. As we were walking back to our truck, we came across a tarantula walking along with us.
That afternoon, Marnie Bartoloni drove up from Mesquite, NV to have dinner with us. She and I relaxed outside having cocktails and counting our blessings: family, good friends, and of course, sunshine. We went for a walk after dinner before she left. After she left, Bob and I watched the Unfinished Life with Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Lopez; not an academy award winner, but not bad.
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