North Rim of Grand Canyon and Snow Canyon

Our first day in St. George was kind of stormy so we decided it was a good day to make a car trip to the north rim of the Grand Canyon.  We had been there before, but I'm not really sure when.  I remember it being cold and snowy the day we visited.  This year it was windy.  We stopped a scenic viewpoint for the Grand Staircase on the way and the view was just spectacular, but it was so windy I couldn't hold the phone still enough to take a clear picture.

The explanation of the view was equally pretty

We took lots of pictures and the Grand Canyon, but photos just don't do it justice...

and it was very windy.

The next day we stayed closer to home and explored Snow Canyon State Park. There are a dozen hiking trails in the park but we just explored three of them. We started with the Hidden Pinyon nature walk. Wandering along a trail until we found the "hidden pinyon" behind Calvin.

Then we took a very short walk to Jenny's Canyon, a slot canyon.

 Another day Calvin rode his mountain bike and I hiked Johnson's Canyon to a very impressive red wall that ended the hike.

I was so intent on watching the trail that I almost missed this very impressive 200 foot arch. Sadly you could only view it from the trail, not hike up to it.