Discoveries

Over Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend we made a few new-to-us 

discoveries

 First we discovered some caves

 Then I discovered that I'm kind of a wimp when it comes to dark

caves when I can't see what's in front of me.

 To backtrack, this is where we were:

Snow Canyon State Park

 It's a very pretty state park, with lots of places to

climb and explore.

 These were the Lava Caves that kind of sneak up on you

as you're going along one of the trails.

You can't quite get the perspective of how big this cave really is.

 That bright light behind my hubby is the opening to the cave.

 It gets really dark really quick and we didn't have

flashlights so we flashed our cameras to try and see ahead of us.

I easily freak myself out by picturing all sorts of monsters

and beasts ready to jump out of the dark and tear us to shreds..

 Deeper inside the cave the light feels so far away.

Next time we'll remember flashlights.

 All around the cave entrance the rock looks like it's melting.

 Then we saw this and had to climb to the top.

 Half way there

 The view to either side

 Traversing back down

 Just by the south entrance to the park there is a little

trail that leads to this arch.  It's a neat trail, and apparently

there are some more caves around it, but we'll save that for

another day.

 We ran into some ward friends and chatted for a bit, 

then we went into St. George and did a bit of shopping.

Despite not really being in the mood to shop, we made 

out like bandits with all of the great deals we found!

It doesn't happen often, so we were pretty excited.

To top of the night we had some of this for dessert:

 Pretty much our new favorite ice cream.

I love long weekends with my hubby