Sixty-five dollar round-trip tickets from Bellingham (yes, Bellingham and not Seattle) to Las Vegas made our decision on where to go for our anniversary trip easy. But since we have no desire to go to Vegas again, Utah's nearby national parks made for another easy decision...
Despite the fact that our cabin in Alton was 4 hours away and we still needed to stop and buy groceries in St George, I still planned a stop along the way at Nevada's first state park: Valley of Fire.
I have to admit that on the drive I wasn't too impressed. It was pretty but nothing to write home about. Then we dropped down over a ridge and discovered how it got it's name. The rock was the deepest red we'd ever seen! Unfortunately the clouds and haze from the blowing sand made the lighting not so great and the pictures really didn't capture it well...
After a stop at the Visitors' Center, we headed to see Petroglyph Canyon...
Thankfully Chris has a great sense of direction and we scrambled up some rocks and ended up at the road at the next trail head at White Domes. 😬
It was a bit further than we thought but there were some nice things to see along the road...
Then we did the mostly driving tour of the rest of the park...
Arch Rock
We ended the night with dinner and shopping in St George and a LONG drive in blizzard conditions over the 10,000 foot pass on Highway 14 to finally arrive at our cabin in Alton around midnight! 😳
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