Vacation 2008 (St George)

So we got on the train at about 9 pm June 4th and left the station in Osceola Iowa... to sit on the tracks for hours... in the rain... even saw a few tornadoes... Got into Salt Lake City 12 hours behind schedule but made it to the airport and got the rental car. Drove an '08 Ford Fusion down to St George and loved the scenery all the way down. The red rocks and the mountains were spectacular. There were tons of volcano tops on the drive down. Friday night we went to the Chinese Buffet where all the woman thought Q was cute and helped him get his food (and clean it up when he dropped his plate).






On Saturday, we went to Pahcoon Flats where Smith and his brothers go hunting. Along with some really pretty scenery, we found a gopher snake due to some VERY friendly grasshoppers. We then went to the Gun Barrel Restaurant and played "I spy" with Quinton and all of the animals they had hanging on the wall.

Sunday found Q and I skipping church (Q had not gotten enough sleep so I had to give him a time out from everything) and after a great lunch (prepared by Smith) we went to Zion National Park. Upon exiting the park we saw the below buffalo ranch and thought we would stop and pose as Quinton had never really seen that many buffalo.

I just can't say enough about Zion.... It was very pretty and would be somewhere I definitely would want to spend more time camping and hiking along some of the trails. We drove back over Cedar Mountain and had dinner in Cedar City.

Monday we went to Pine Valley and saw the Historic Chapel. The valley was beautiful and the interior of the chapel was very nice with all the different faux finishes on the pine to make it look like it was built with different types of wood.
Tuesday we went to Dinosaur Discovery building and Smith took Quinton fishing at the skyline pond where Q caught two seaweed. He was so excited!