Spring Break: Day 1 Snow Canyon

I think Southern Utah may be one of the most amazingly beautiful places on the planet. I love it, and wish we could go down more often. It is like a giant outdoor playground, with vistas and views that take your breath away.  What better place to spend spring break?  Courtney and I headed down to St. George on Thursday morning (Rob and Todd drove down later that night).  It was a good drive and when we got there I had a vague recollection of playing in some sand dunes with friends back in the olden days.  I couldn't remember the name of the place so called a friend who pointed us in the right direction.  We drove west of St. George and found Snow Canyon for our first adventure.

We wore ourselves out.  Court and I both took a jog in the sand.  We didn't smell very good after that.  We had fun jumping, running, digging, and rolling in the sand.  Some really enjoyed rolling in the sand more than others.

Penstamon (I think).  So many pretty plants.

After wearing ourselves out on the sand dunes we headed further up the canyon to the petrified sand dunes, which provided endless fun, scrambling around on the slick rock.

I love the red and green of Southern Utah.  I mean I really love it. 

So beautiful.

I love this picture of Anders running on the rocks.  

Driving back into St. George we caught a glimpse of this guy.

It was a great day and let me just say some of us needed this vacation in the WORST way!!!!! Hooray for vacations, and beautiful deserts!!!!