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Friday, June 13, 2014

Dancing on the Fault Line...

Well, I cannot say we "did" everything at Zion, but we "did" everything that a non-hiker can see and do so we decided not to return to the park today, but rather go to St. George, UT.  It was a nice adventure, taking us past some olde timey buildings and "temples".  We passed on the LDS tour because my experience with that sect is that if you put your foot in the door, you are on the list for re-contact forever.  But we did tour at the Daughters of Utah Museum (unfortunately goes by the acronym DUM) and that was fascinating.  Lots of memorabilia from the early settlement days of St. George.  Quite a few family collections of clothing, jewelry, tableware, tools and oddities.  Particularly enjoyed the clothing accessories like add-on collars, cuffs, shawls etc. that allowed folks to wear the same outfit, just change the 'extras'.  The beaded, hand-made shoes were lovely.    We drove back through a town called Hurricane and noticed a rather prominent 8 - 9' ridge of rocks and hardpacked earth that ran alongside houses/road for quite a while.  Our Zion guide had mentioned a nearby fault so we guessed that was it, took photos and brought them back to the RV Park and verified.



Rocky Fault line Behind Homes

Curves in Fault Line - Hurricane UT
Close-up

This evening we are going to join in the Beer n' Brats at the clubhouse... Pam gets the beer, I get the brats!  A good deal if you ask me...  Tomorrow morning we head out again, making our way toward Bryce Canyon National Park with a couple of stops on the way.  Details to follow!

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