It was a great day for traveling! We left Pahrump a little before ten o'clock and made an easy drive to St. George, Utah by two pm. Of course, we lost an hour as we are now on Mountain Time, but that's okay too. This is another park operated by Western Horizons that we are paying $10 per night at through our RPI membership. We've discovered that most of the Western Horizon parks are older -- and this one is no exception. The nice thing about the older parks is they seem to have more birds as they have older trees. This one also has lots of caterpillars. From the looks of the "nests" in the trees, I would say they are probably the infamous tent caterpillars...
We took Interstate 15 north through Nevada and then across the corner of Arizona and on into Utah. It takes you through the spectacular Virgin River Gorge! I had never seen pictures nor heard of this particular gorge -- it is gorgeous! We are going to have to drive the 15 miles or so back to it in order to take some pictures when we're in the Toad. The river itself was very muddy, most likely from the rains they've had earlier this week.
The roadsides were very green (for desert, that is) and we saw lots of flowers as well as Joshua trees on the way. There are a lot of pear cacti blooming a deep fuchsia and the roadsides had miles of beautiful orange mallows in bloom. We are planning to visit Bryce Canyon while we are here, so hopefully will see many more!
Our thoughts were definitely home at Menno today. The church has been hosting a young couple with a small baby on a pastoral visit this weekend. From all reports the visit went well. There will be a vote next Sunday.
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