Well, here it is the last day of February and our St. George adventure is winding down. In the picture at the right, you can see we just couldn't resist one last dip in the hot tub at the clubhouse in Sports Village. It was a nice last night in our condo. We did some last loads of wash and packed up the car this morning. We sadly closed the door to our condo at about 11:00.
We decided to spend a couple hours strolling the streets of the historical center of St. George.At the right is a picture of Bob in front of the old, one room jailhouse. It still has the original bars on the windows!
The second picture is a statue of what they call the
"Watermaster". In St. George, as in all of Utah, it's all about water. This area is filled with neat statues of different sorts and that charming waterfall and stream meanders all through several square blocks. Quite pretty and charming.
The third picture is taken in front of one of the best places to eat in St. George. It is called the Painted Pony-hence the interesting horse sculpture! Roger and Marsha-we have to investigate this place next year! Looks very neat.
After we left the city of St. George we drove out to an area that we had explored a bit a week ago. It is called the Red Cliffs Recreation Area. It was such a gorgeous day! We ate our picnic lunch, hiked to some Anasazi Indian ruins and even ran into some people from Richland Center! They actually even knew
Deb's cousin Rod Perry very well! And their daughter is an archaeologist and lives quite near Scott and Sam. Small world.
This area is literally 10 miles outside the city limits of St. George. We have been continually amazed at the wealth of places to go and things to do all within such a short drive from the city! It certainly doesn't hurt that the weather has been wonderful to experience it all.
After we left the Red Cliffs area we headed into the small city of Hurricaine where we will stay tonight. Checked into our hotel and immediately headed off to the nearby golf course for Bob to have his last round on these beautiful courses. At the left is a picture of him as he ends the round as the sun begins to set in red rock country. Doesn't get much better than this.
We are settled into our hotel room watching American Idol (which just happens to be at the Mirage in Las Vegas where we saw the Cirque du Soleil!). Looking forward to tomorrow when Karen (Bob's sister) and her husband Kenn will drive up from Vegas. We will spend a few hours with them going to Zion National Park. Check out the blog tomorrow. It is supposed to be a gorgeous day and Zion will be amazing.
Hugs to Everyone.
Bob and Debbie
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