Part One; St. George
Did you know that St. George was named after a Mormon settler? Basically everyone was only eating the white parts of the potatoes and and getting really sick. George told them to eat the skins and everyone got better and now the town is named after him. Kinda funny. Never realized why it was called that.
To start our week of vacation we spent a night in St. George so we could go to church the next day and still get to our campsite on time. It was really nice. Somehow the weather was only in the 80s (it rained) while the missionary we talked to said it is usually 110. Yikes, so glad it was not like that. We went to the temple and then wandered around the town. I remember I almost went to school at Dixie, so we drove around the school and saw all of the Mormon historical sites. Then we got some pizza at a local place (really really good) and watched a movie at the motel.
On the way we stopped at Cove Fort. It was settled by Ira Hinckley to be a place for travelers to stay and be protected from Indians. The rooms were very small and cute. I love seeing historical places.
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| On the lookout area on top of fort. |
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| Original doors, and inside fort area |
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| I just liked all of the sunflowers in their garden. The elderly missionary said they get to eat everything in the garden. |
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| Brigham Young had bad arthritis and went to St. George in the summers. |
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| Fresh grapes from Young's garden. I've never had them before. They were so good! |
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| Having a conversation with Brigham. |
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| St. George tabernacle |
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| Hard to tell, but this was a pretty splash pad water river thing in the park. It was so pretty. The red rock really sets off the green grass and trees. |
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| St. George Temple! |
