We had a great time! Who knew there was so much to do? I guess every time I have visited we have had a plan. This time there was no plan. This time I had thought about going horseback riding somewhere. You know it is Utah right? There is bound to be horseback riding somewhere. So I tried to get reservations at a place in Snow Valley but they were booked. So my mom suggested we go to Zion National Park. What a great idea that was. We got up early and drove to Zion. It was beautiful! We were hoping to go trail riding in Zion since we missed the boat in Snow Canyon. We ended up going for an hour trail ride. With a group of tourists. I think there were like 28 other people on the trail ride (don't worry mom and dad came with us to Zion, but skipped the trail ride). Here is a picture I took while on the trail ride of two of the three patriarchs. I never quite got all three of them together. 
We got to see deer and wild turkey on thr trail, it was very cool. We actually saw a lot of deer.
We saw some on the road on the way, and then we saw more on the trail. They weren't phased at all with 30 horses walking by. We also actually crossed the Virgin river on horse back. The water was just about two feet high. 
After a busy morning we ate lunch at the lodge and then went to one of dads favorite little rock shops and got some fun colored glass to spiff up the backyard a bit.Sunday we took a drive up through Snow Canyon and took a lottle look around. This a picture standing on petrified sand dunes. 
It is amazing that plants and flowers can grow out of the sand.
It is amazing that plants and flowers can grow out of the sand. 
After wandering a bit we kept going up to Pine Valley. That was very cool. There is a little church that has been there since 1868. They still hold mettings on Sunday.
It was freezing there. There was still snow on the ground. We didn't stay too long. 
There were some boys fishing, it was pretty cool.
We really did have a great weekend.
