Red Rock country

Paul & I have taken a break from our stressful and chaotic life and have come down here to St. George. My family has had a condo here since 1983 and it is the ultimate weekend getaway! Over the years we have come down to play and relax and we have brought many toys from boats to motorcycles to bicycles but this was the first time we have ever brought ATVs. There is a new Utah State Park here called Sand Hollow and it is a combination reservoir and sand dunes. What a fabulous playland! The state park opened up a year or so after we sold our boat so we have never water skiied/wakeboarded there but it looks like a wonderful location. We can atest to the fact that the sand dunes are magnificent. They go on and on and on. At first I was afraid that we'd get lost and not be able to find our way back but after a short time I could tell that wouldn't really be a problem. Since this was a Friday afternoon on a non-holiday weekend it wasn't crowded at all and we went for miles without seeing another person! I think we only saw about 6 other riders the whole couple of hours we rode around.

A close friend of ours has taken a job down here at a brand new resort that is just coming out of the ground and it happens to be directly across the street from the entrance to the State Park. In fact, the name of the project is called "Sand Hollow Resort". So we stopped into his trailer office and he took us around the whole project in a bigger ATV golf cart. The second photo gives you an idea of what it is starting to look like. The first thing they have developed is an 18 hole golf course and it is just startlingly beautiful with the green greens against the red rocks. There is a huge outcropping of rocks in the center of the property and they have this massive waterpark designed that encircles the rocks. It will have waterfalls off the highest peaks and a lazy river going all around the perrimeter. There will be Villas and resort homes and private homes. It is a very ambitious project and seems to be generating a lot of interest and buyers. We'll be keeping a close eye on it as it developes. If you are down this way come by and check it out! Ask for Darrell.

Tonight we found a new BBQ restaurant that only opened 3 weeks ago and it is a WINNER! It is called The Rib Shop. We were going to go to a 6:45 movie so we were happy to find a restaurant without many cars parked outside. But then we were afraid that maybe it wasn't very good. We took a chance anyway and by the time we had ordered and sat down about 10 people had come in and the line was almost out the door. It is out on Sunset Blvd in case you want to check it out.

Then we went to see "Into the Wild". WOW! That was a great movie... what a story! It was a lot deeper than I thought it would be. I just thought it would be a story about this guy taking off into the Alaskan wilderness and how he survived but he was a lot more about his life and how he got to the point that he wanted to get away from society and live a more simple, natural life. I remember probably 10 years or so ago reading an article in Outside magazine about this guy and seeing the photo of him sitting outside the "magic bus". So I liked knowing more of the story.

Well I better get to bed now because we have more relaxing to do tomorrow! Hope you have a great weekend too!