Wednesday, June 8, 2011
From Encore Park, St. George, Ut
We arrived at the Encore park shortly before noon on Wednesday the 1st of June. As soon as we got parked and hooked up to utilities, Bob and Molly were picking us up and headed into St. George for lunch at Chuck-A-Rama. This is a 'Super-Buffet' catering to not only the locals, but the tourist, including the bus tours.
They had a great salad bar, a good selection of main dishes, and an 'out-of-sight' dessert selection, most of which were as least sampled at our table. We sure hoped this was not a precursor to our eating habits for the next two weeks.
We hung close to the park for a couple days, usually going out for a late breakfast as Dorthalee's, a great little home cooking, down home type cafe.
On Friday, we drove into Hurricane, a neat little town close by, and rented Razr's for a 3 hour guided trip into the mountains and sand dunes.
Lined up for departure...
Bob & Molly followed our guide as we followed them.
and away we go...
It was still fairly cool when we left, but as time went by it got much warmer and more comfortable. Our first stop was about 15 miles into the mountains, on top of a mesa overlooking a huge valley leading into St. George. We are standing next to a cliff, with the valley about 3000 feet below. What a view !!
Don't look back !!
Our next stop was at the top of the sand mountain, about 2000 feet above a lake at the bottom of the dunes. We had a great time, hauling butt down the mountain, cutting dido's in the sand, and running in circles on the side of the dunes. Donna even managed to almost turn us over as we went around the side of one dune, started bogging down and losing traction.
On top of the dunes...
On Saturday night, the park has a little country and western music show, featuring Nickle, an employee at the park. She is quite an accomplished singer whom we have become quite well acquainted with, since she is usually in the community room sewing when we have been playing cards.
A great little show...
I will report next on our trips to Zion National Park, a beautiful park just about 40 miles east of where we are staying.
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