1159 October 10, 2024 St. George, Utah

The first thing I did this morning was to check the news regarding Hurricane Milton. There are people that we love and care about who live in Florida and we were hoping that everyone was safe!

Tim was up very early. I got ready to walk and I was waiting for daylight. We had a longer drive today and we decided to leave early. We were on the road by 7:30am.

We took Scenic Route 12 to the west.

We passed Kodachrome State Park. We drove the Bryce Canyon Scenic Byway but we did not go into the park. Both places are absolutely beautiful and well worth seeing but we have been there and there is no way to see everything in one trip!

We dove through Red Canyon and the two arched mountain tunnels.

We drove on 89 which was mostly farm country. We stopped for a break in Panguitch. I walked down the street and took a few pictures…

A hitching post.

A sign I liked.

An old fire truck.

I saw Quilt Walk Park across the street and went to check it out. The story is that in the 1860’s a group of men were sent to get supplies from a neighboring community. The snow was so deep that they were unable to walk without sinking. They laid a quilt on top of the snow to pray for assistance. As they prayed, they noticed that the quilt was supporting their weight on top of the snow. They started laying quilts on top of the snow so that they could move forward and cross the mountain. This memorial honors these brave and persistent men.

After that, the scenery was rolling and pretty.

Utah is so big and so beautiful and there is a lot of it that we haven’t even seen!

We got on Interstate 15 and stopped at a rest area where Tim took a nap. I took my walk there!

We arrived at Desert Canyons RV Resort in the early afternoon. After a short rest, we went to do errands. St. George is a city. We started at CVS where we were able to get prescriptions and also get our Flu shots and COVID Boosters. We went to the carwash so we could wash the cow manure and dust off of the Jeep. We went to Walmart and did a mega shopping trip. By the time we got back to the RV, it was dinnertime.

We aren’t planning any big adventures for tomorrow. Sometimes the day after vaccines it is good to rest!

We did hear from our Florida people and all are safe!!