Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Bryce Canyon National Park is named for just one of many canyons which form a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters on the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah. Erosion has carved colorful Claron limestones into thousands of spires, fins, arches and mazes. Collectively called "hoodoos".

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Zion National Park (Horseback Ride), Utah

The kids took a horseback ride At Zion Ponderosa ranch. Zion Ponderosa was once home to a pioneer logging camp. Many of the old pioneer trails remain. It was a spectacular adventure for the kids!

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Zion National Park (River Walk), Utah

The Virgin River has carved a spectacular gorge in the upper reaches of Zion Canyon. 16 miles long, up to 2000 feet deep, and at times only 20-30 feet wide. We explored just the first mile, after that you have to hike in the water and it’s still too cold for that.

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Zion National Park (Emerald Pools), Utah

Designated in 1919, Zion is Utah's oldest national park. The park is known for its incredible canyons. Zion begins where the Grand Canyon ends and ends where Bryce Canyon begins. Embedded in the rocks are occasional fossil sea shells, fish, trees, snails and bones and tracks of land animals that sought food in flood plains.

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Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona

Pipe Spring National Monument is located in Arizona and is rich with American Indian, early explorer, and Mormon pioneer history. The water of Pipe Spring has made it possible for plants, animals, and people to live in this dry desert region. Ancestral Puebloans and Kaibab Paiute Indians gathered grass seeds, hunted animals, and raised crops near the springs for at least 1,000 years. Pipe Springs was discovered and named by the 1858 Latter-day Saint missionary expedition to the Hopi mesas led by Jaco Hamblin. In the 1860s Mormon pioneers from St. George, Utah, led by James M. Whitmore brought cattle to the area and a large cattle ranching operation was established.

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Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Utah

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is located in Utah between Mount Carmel Junction and Kanab, Utah. The park features coral-hued sand dunes located beside red sandstone cliffs. The Dunes are formed from the erosion of pink-colored Navajo Sandstone surrounding the park. High winds passing through the notch between the Moquith and Moccasin mountains pick up loose sand particles and then drop them onto the dunes because of the Venturi effect. The Dunes are estimated to be between 10,000 and 15,000 years old.

And it snowed again....

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