Spring Break * St. George * Part 3

The next morning we found the trailhead which was in the most peculiar spot...hidden behind an RV storage facility...and we were on our way.

Merill and Nancy had stayed behind with Ben and had plans to hike it later.

We found some rocks that Ben would have appreciated...

It was a hot, dry hike...not normally my favorite type but the distraction of finding fun rocks made it bearable :)

Here are some of the ones I appreciated...

These are the rocks I painted and placed...

And we finally made it to the top

That's Andy's turquoise and orange arrow right on the flag stand.

Took a few pics at the apex...

(Matt was thrilled)

Checked out the rocks...

...and headed back down...

This one is from Andy's camera...I'm pretty sure it is from one of his morning jaunts and doesn't really go here but I'm throwing it in anyway :)

After the hike we met up with Merill, Nancy and Ben and had lunch at Zuppas...

Then, Andy and Ben waited patiently in the car for me and the other kids to visit Sweet Rolled Tacos again!

Back to the pool.

Although it was a bit chilly this day so we didn't stick around too long.

The next day we headed home...

On the way home we converged with James who was on his way home from Cedar City.

We met in Beaver at The Creamery and had some yummy food and ice cream.  It was so fun to catch up with James.   Because of  COVID we were all starved for familial contact :)

I had to get a pic of Ben double handing his fries...that's how I always feel around good fries :)

 

Spring Break * St. George * Part 2

The next day we all went to Snow Canyon and did some short hikes.

Afterward we introduced Merill and Nancy to Hash House A GoGo which we had been to in San Diego a couple of years before.

I tried to show how big the plates of food were but it's hard to tell in this pic...

You can see how big Matt's pancake was though...

Another trip to the pool...

I brought some of my Easter cookies and Merill was kind enough to pose with one :)

Nancy really wanted to do the Aspiration point hike.

It is known for the painted rocks all along the trail.  She had done it on her treadmill with iFit and wanted to do it in real life so she brought her paints and had the men gather rocks from the area and Monday night we painted...