This week got off to a slow start when we had to sit and watch it rain for 3 days. There was some flooding and roads closed, but nothing like in Colorado. Our first stop was at Zion National Park. When you first enter the park you are greeted by the three peaks in the Court of the Patriarchs, named Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by John Wesley Powell, who surveyed the area in 1870 for the U.S. Geological Survey. The area served as a popular tourist destination and officially became a National Park, named Zion (meaning “sanctuary” in Hebrew) in 1919. The park definitely gives one the feeling of God’s awesomeness. The second picture is called “the Sentinel,” and the third picture is the Virgin River, which I hiked to the end of the canyon until it turns into the “Narrows” and actually flows through crevices and tunnels the river has carved through the mountains. Our second stop was at Bryce Canyon National Park, which is equally as awesome as Zion. The first picture is the vista from Bryce Point. The park is noted for the carved rock spirals which jut up from the canyon floor (called “hoodoos”). The second picture of the hoodoos is from Sunset Point. The more natural wonders that Glenda and I see, the more I ask myself, “How could anyone not believe that there is a God who made all of this?” Our next stop was at Kanab, Utah, which since the 1920’s has been called “Little Hollywood,” since more than 157 movies and television westerns have been filmed in the area. The picture shown is from the movie “The Outlaw Josie Wales”, with Clint Eastwood, in 1976. The next picture was of me in the big chair at “Denny’s Wigwam”. Our last stop was at Pipe Spring National Monument near Fredonia, Arizona. This was actually a fort built by the Mormons in 1871, and served as a Tithe Ranch, in which fifty percent of the produce (eggs, butter, cheese, meat, etc.) from the ranch was shipped to St. George in lieu of money to help in the building of the Temple. It also was the first Telegraph Center in the state of Utah, and served sometimes as a hideout for wives of Mormon men who were disobeying the law against polygamy. It was very interesting to visit. Take care everyone, and watch for more news next week.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 02:38:21 +0000
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