Day 2

On the second day, it was finally sunny and warm so the Tidwell, Ewell, Guymon, and Wilson clan headed up to Snow Canyon. We spent a few hours there hiking up rocks and seeing some of the engravings of frontiersman who had engraved their names in the rocks back in the 1800's.

The second trail we went on was too the petrified sand dunes. This was a picture I took overlooking the valley. I just love the contrast of the red rock on the green grass and white rock. It was a sight to behold.

Here is the crew up by the DIXIE painting. We were all enjoying the view of the St. George Valley. I actually found out where St. George got its name. There was a man named George Smith who would plant crops of potatoes along the Mormon trail so the pioneers would have something to eat on the trek. When they got settled into the Salt Lake Valley he was called by Brigham Young to go down to St. George to start up crops. Well when the potatoes were ready to eat, he would always give his family the inner part of the potato and he would eat the skin. (He thought that the skin was the worst part and he didn't want to make his wife and children eat it). Five or six of his children had passed away from the same disease and he had always been healthy and he wondered why? He discovered that the peel of the potato was the most nutritious part and so from then on he told all of the people to always make sure and eat the entire potato. From then on, he was known as the "Potato Saint" and so that is where "Saint" George got its name. I found that interesting. I know it is a little weird that I just took my picture by a palm tree, but this one was on the St. George Temple grounds and I just love palm trees. They are the closest I can get to feeling like I am on a beautiful beach in Hawaii!