Hurricane,Utah - Sand Hollow State Park

Just a few more days here at Sand Hollow State Park before heading to the Grand Canyon.  Just a few more days here at Sand Hollow State Park before heading to the Grand Canyon.  The weather continues to be in the 70’s and it’s been great.  We took another kayaking trip on the lake, but this one was right before sunset so we could watch the sun set and then a little later to watch the full moon rise up.  It was a beautiful "hunter's moon".  We also made another trip up to Zion National Park hoping to be able to see the other half of the park, but they had the road closed off to private vehicles.   Even the shuttle busses weren't running.  Disappointed at that.  So we ended up taking a long hike up one of the other canyons.  It was a very nice hike.  Last Tuesday and Wednesday we rented an OHV (Off Highway Vehicle), Polaris Razor 1000, for a couple days and did some off-roading in the Utah dessert and the hills around St. George and into Arizona.  We saw a number of petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks during our exploration.  Really cool stuff.  We had a blast.  Didn’t realized how much we missed having our ATVs.  We even took a trip to the local Polaris dealer and got info on some OHVs.  We know we won’t be getting anything anytime soon, but it was fun looking.  Today we went to the St. George Temple and attended a session.  What a beautiful temple.  It was a wonderful afternoon.   Here are some pictures of our travels to date.

Kaying before sunset 

Trent and his first kayaking trip

Looking for rabbits everywhere he goes.

Kayaking buddy

Neat rock formations around the lake

Waiting for the moon to come up

Beautiful sunset on the lake

Bruce and Trent at sunset

Back at the motorhome with moon in background

Found this old fort on our ATV ride.  Pretty neat stuff.

The two dinosaurs that left the tracks pictured below

Baby dilophosaurus track

Adult megapnosaurus track

Petroglyphs

Here is a rock I'd take home if I could.  Wouldn't fit in motorhome.

More petroglyphs

Roberta is in heaven

Picture of the OHV we rented with sun setting in background.

Sun setting while we were out on top of the sand dunes

The sand dunes were a very red sand.

More red dunes.  ATVing on the dunes was awesome.

Volcano mountains in the background

Roberta wanted this rock too.

And this one.

Enjoying our petroglyph hunt

Really enjoying our petroglyph hunting

Hiking up a canyon in Zion

Easy walking right up the wash.  Always alert to flash flooding.

Having lunch on the rocks.

We're in Utah

10-23-15:  Hello again.  We spent a few weeks with our son Eric, Marlo, and our great little grandsons, Lawson, Ethan, and Logan in West Jordan, UT. before heading south.  Had a wonderful time with them and we are now hitting a few state and national parks here in Utah before heading back up to West Jordan for Thanksgiving.  We stopped at Painted Rocks Campground in Yuba State Park a few hours south of Salt Lake City.  A beaufiful campground on a nice reservoir.  Like most reservoirs, this one needs some water.  Spent a week here enjoying the surrounding area.  We met a father and his two sons, John, Jason, and Josh, at the campground and share a BBQ with them.  Wonderful folks.  We made a trip over to Ephraim and Manti Utah and saw many historic buildings.  The Manti temple was beautiful.  After leaving Yuba State Park we were headed for Lake Powell, but the weather wasn't looking very good there so we made a detour and ended up near St. George.  Nice having that flexibility.  We are now spending a couple weeks at Sand Hollow State Park near Hurricane, UT.  The campground is great with full hook ups and the lake is within walking distance.  It's beautiful for kayaking, swimming, and fishing.  We made a day trip over to Zion National Park and hiked some of the canyons.  You can spend a month here and never get enough hiking in.  We'll make another trip over to Zion next week and do some more hiking.  I love my America The Beautiful Pass.  Got us into the park free ($30) and campsites are half price in Zion National Park ($10).  Next year we'll look at camping right in the park.  Next week we head to the Grand Canyon for a week of exploration.  Attached are a few pictures we would like to share of our travels in Utah to date.   Enjoy.....

Our Grandson Ethan, bottom right corner, invited his
Grandma and Grandpa to go through the corn maze with him.
We didn't get lost and came out first.

Grandma and Ethan checking off another station.

While grandma was shopping at a DI, Ethan and I hit the toy department.

Eric and Marlo love Halloween.  Nice job guys.

We saw these petroglyphs high up on a rock cliff at
Painted Rocks Campground, Yuba State Park.  Cool...

Our campsite at Painted Rocks Campground.
For $20 a night water, electric, and dump station.  Very nice.

Manti Temple in Manti, UT.  Beautiful.

Another Manti Temple shot with Roberta at edge of reflection pool.

Traveling over the pass going from Yuba State Park
to St. George.  Nothing on roads thank the Lord.

Campsite at Sand Hollow State Park.  Very nice campground.
Picture taken from near the lake.  Beautiful lake.

Daily walk across Sand Hollow reservoir dam.  It's
1 mile across, so we had a 2.5 mile walk each morning.

Entrance to Zion National Park 

Checkerboard mountain in background.  We hiked up to the
base of the mountain after taking this picture.

Love you Roberta

Postcard of love.

Can you tell we're in Zion National Park?

Found these neat water pools up one of the canyons we hiked.
If it was any hotter, we might have taken advantage of a quick dip.

Did he or didn't he take the plunge???
Only Bruce will tell.

Found this neat little water fall as we walked around the
lake at our campground.

Crossing a little stream without slipping on the algae.

Roberta and Trent take a quick timeout next to this
nice littel water fall.

Having our own little tailgater.  Crackers, cheese, and sausage.

Saw this hoodoo up on the side of a mountain and hiked to it.