St. George Vacation: Pt. 2.

See Part 1: Day 1 and 2 here.

Day 3: Exploring St. George.

As far as I know, I have never stepped foot into St. George before. If my parents ever took me, I was too little to remember. Anyway, I was honestly quite shocked to realize it wasn’t a small town, no it is a sprawling city in the desert. So we decided to explore.

The first thing to grab my attention was the Dinosaur Discovery Museum at Johnson farm.

It is a great little museum with TONS of dinosaur footprints. I highly recommend it.

After that we stopped to get a bite to eat at a place that was right next to the Visitor Center. So we stopped in to see what other fun stuff we could find. Surprisingly, there was an official guide that offered a couple petroglyph locations. Now that is my kind of adventure!

Next stop was Bloomington Petroglyph Park. It is a big boulder, but there are a lot of petroglyphs on it.

The next one sent us the 4 miles south across the Arizona State Line. So, I can cross Arizona off my list of states I have visited.

Unfortunately this one turned out to be a bust. It did say dirt roads, but they were not very good dirt roads that were hilly so we decided to turn back. But not before I got out and stepped a physical foot into the state.

Pink and white hills (DBP).

We then decided to check out historic down town. There is a self guided walking tour you can take, Stop by the St. George Chamber Of Commerce on 100 e. St George Blvd. to pick up a guide map.

The historic Dixie sign.

The Dixie State D.

The Jail House. Assumed to be built around 1880 by Sherriff Hardy.

Apparent that is was used as a jail because the original bars are still in the windows.

Brigham Young’s Winter Home.

Kitty Corner from Brigham Young’s Winter Home sits Seven Wives Bed and Breakfast. It makes me giggle.

Old looking fire truck, with an old looking logo.. a little google-fu later it would appear that this is the logo for the modern Life Is Good Company who sells apparel.

Continuing on the St. George is weird theme, palm trees. Now that I think about it, I remember a news story last year, or the one before, that an unusual cold snap almost killed them off. But, I really had no idea how common they were down here.

After this we grabbed some dinner, then watched our 3rd and final show at Tuacahn. Vacation goes by so quickly!

Day 4: Cedar Breaks National Monument and the drive home.

The next morning we had breakfast with Mah, spent a little time visiting, and then said good by to her and to St. George.

The Virgin River (DBP).

Red cliffs (DBP).

Lava rocks all over the mountain side (DBP).

On the way down we passed a sign for Cedar Breaks National Monument. Neither of us had ever been, it didn’t seem too far out of the way, so we thought we’d go check it out. More photos in the link.

Pretty colored mountains (DBP).

I was hoping we could swing by Freemont Indian State Park, but we were running out of daylight. Cedar Breaks took a little longer than I had planned. Meh, next time.

Mt. Nebo (DBP). There is a great scenic byway on the back side of this that is a fun adventure.

Mt. Olympus getting the last rays of light (DBP).

And that concludes our fun adventure down in St George. I know there are some other exciting things to do, and if I return, I will do so during a less hot time of year so that we can explore.