Spring Break

For my spring break we headed south for warmer weather. First we stopped by Beaver to see the grandparents. Great food and company as always, although the ladies bested the men 2 out of 3 in marbles. 

Moving on we headed to St. George and decided to go for a drive up to Pine Valley and through the beautiful country surrounding. While we were up there we stopped by the mountain meadows massacre site.

mountain meadows

one of the church's memorials there

While in St. George we went to explore the desert tortoise preserve called Chuckwalla. Funny enough they have a rock that looks like a giant turtle there. That preserve connects all the way up to Snow Canyon if you go far enough. We did not see any tortoise while we were there.

Tortoise Rock

Lys in the tortoise head

A cool arch in the park

We meant to head down to the Valley of Fire next but when we saw a sign for Hoover Dam we decided it was something we should see. I had been to the Glen Canyon Dam before and thought it would be the same kind of thing. Hoover Dam is a lot more impressive then I would have guessed. Part of it was probably because you still drive across the top of the dam. They are building a huge bridge that was amazing to see them working on and we were glad to have the chance to drive across before they start using the bridge.

Lys and I on the Dam

The Colorado far below with the amazing bridge above

Workers on the bridge

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On our way back from the dam we found a really cool rest site called Redstone. Again we meant to head to Valley of Fire but ended up hanging out at Redstone the whole time.

Amazing rocks

Some of the local creatures are shy. but curious.

Lys found a little rock house.

mini arches in the making.

Never got to any of the places we meant to, but had an awesome time. We made a stop at the other grandparents in Overton and then made our way back home. Great trip!