The first big town in Utah, from the south-west, is St. George. It looks like a nice place.
We traveled from there to Hurricane, our base for six nights. Passing through the latter town is all
one really wants to do. However, that’s the way to miss the spark. Sure, the town is very ordinary
and unattractive. However, look around and the surrounding mountains are captivating. Add in the sunrises
and sets and things change. Make a turn off the main road and enter a newly developed suburb and it
becomes even easier on the eye as the modern houses, neatly set out, give one a warm feeling. Nestled
in the valley is the golf course and by the way, each house has incredible views of great looking mountains,
each one a different shape, the mountains not the homes.
Continuing east towards Zion National Park, one passes through La Verkin, Virgin, Rockville
and Springdale. Hardly anyone around in this sparsely inhabited area, but views that make a person
gasp. Then Zion appears and one enters a very beautiful place—Zion, an appropriate name chosen by
the early Mormons who certainly had an eye for beauty.
Observation Point hike is one of our favorites. It has everything possible to include in an
outing. The beauty, coloring, ledges, edges, slots, a little water, caves, climbs, rock formations,
boulders and buttes on which to scramble with breathtaking views every moment. The hike is 8 miles
with an elevation gain of 2,200 feet. Why does it always feel much more than that? It really does
seem much higher.
Let the photographs try and transport you through a magnificent place.
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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