Tuesday, June 21, 2011

From the Frying Pan .....

Tomorrow we head to Nevada.  It was scorching hot here today and our neighbors here informed me it would be 113 in Las Vegas tomorrow.  I hope they are liars.
Today we went to St. George and visited the Jacob Hamblin Home.  Jacob Hamblin was a Mormon pioneer, Missionary, Explorer, Settler and Indian Peacemaker. He played a huge role in the  settlement of the Utah Territory.He also had a passel of wives but that's how it was done back then. He had a beautiful home in St George with two of his wives, Rachel and Priscilla and it  is their home that we visited today. We knew a lot about Jacob from all of our time here in Utah so when we met Elder Hunsaker at the home we had a lot of background information already. After a long chat with him he proceeed to take us on a tour of the home ....just the 3 of us....that lasted nearly 2 hours.  It was a wonderful morning and we learned so much more about this incredible man.
Here is a picture of the Hamblin Home:


From there we went to Snow Canyon State Park....a red rock/white rock/ LAVA rock wonderland!  Here are three pictures of a slot canyon that we hiked into today:




I had no idea that there were volcano's in this region.  It was a great park....one of so many that Utah has to offer.

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