(By the way, we got a letter from Austin. It is on his blog.)
This past weekend we went and saw my parents in St.George. The weather was in the low 70's. It was so nice. We went to a ghost town that was once a town of 2,500 people that worked at a mine. Now there are just a few remnants of buildings, a couple of old mine shafts and 3 cemeteries. One was Catholic, one was Protestant and one was episcopalian. It was all great to look at. There was some interesting info about all the Chinese people that used to live in this town. In fact, one of the buildings that was still standing (sort of) was a Chinese Laundry. There used to be a Chinese Cemetery, but one of the ancestors of those buried there had the bodies all dug up and had them shipped back to China where he had them buried. I thought that was very interesting.
We also went hiking, but due to Kenzie being sick (She has been sick for over a week) and Jay falling earlier that week and taking out his knee, Alex and I were the only two to do the hike. It was a new one for us and it was so cool!
Because we were hiking alone while the others waited, we didn't get to finish the hike. We plan to go back and do the WHOLE hike and really enjoy it. We hiked to two pools and two waterfalls. They weren't big huge ones like in Hawaii, but they were gorgeous running through the red rock slit canyons. The pools were deep enough some people were diving off the rocks into them, but it was only 70 and the water was cold, so we didn't partake. We will next time!
It was so beautiful. The hike continued along the rocks and river. In some places there was a rope drilled into the side of the rock so you could hold onto that and not go into the water. Alex and I had a blast.
This is part of a tree! Isn't that amazing?
This past weekend we went and saw my parents in St.George. The weather was in the low 70's. It was so nice. We went to a ghost town that was once a town of 2,500 people that worked at a mine. Now there are just a few remnants of buildings, a couple of old mine shafts and 3 cemeteries. One was Catholic, one was Protestant and one was episcopalian. It was all great to look at. There was some interesting info about all the Chinese people that used to live in this town. In fact, one of the buildings that was still standing (sort of) was a Chinese Laundry. There used to be a Chinese Cemetery, but one of the ancestors of those buried there had the bodies all dug up and had them shipped back to China where he had them buried. I thought that was very interesting.
We also went hiking, but due to Kenzie being sick (She has been sick for over a week) and Jay falling earlier that week and taking out his knee, Alex and I were the only two to do the hike. It was a new one for us and it was so cool!
It was so beautiful. The hike continued along the rocks and river. In some places there was a rope drilled into the side of the rock so you could hold onto that and not go into the water. Alex and I had a blast.
This is part of a tree! Isn't that amazing?
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Hope Kenzie and Jay are feeling better.