tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160270332024-03-12T22:03:39.702-07:00Tortoise TrailPam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-82611055161438663592015-09-15T18:36:00.001-07:002015-09-16T10:09:56.395-07:00The Great Southern Arizona Road Trip - August 28 - Part XXI - End of the trip - Back to Las Vegas through the Virgin River GorgeAnd so it was farewell to Utah. We returned to Ancestor Square for an early lunch at Benja's Thai and Sushi. <br />
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Benja Peterson, owner of the Benja restaurants, became a Buddhist nun at age 18 in her native Thailand. She learned to cook by cooking for the monks.<br />
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For lunch, we shared fresh basil rolls, Thai coconut shrimp, red curry special of the day with pumpkin, Thai iced tea) <br />
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Then we headed for I-15 back to Las Vegas. We drove through the magnificent Virgin River Gorge in the northwest corner of Arizona, between St. George, Utah and Littlefield, Arizona. That section of the I-15 is one of the most expensive parts of interstate highway ever constructed. <br />
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A magnificent finish to The Great Southern Utah Road Trip. Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-84014082006489116612015-09-15T17:56:00.002-07:002015-09-16T10:04:38.653-07:00The Great Southern Arizona Road Trip - August 27-28 - Part XX - Last evening, last morning at the timeshare<br />
Last evening and last morning at the timeshare in St. George. Quiet times before departure.<br />
"Morning bird": Not sure what the gray bird was that visited me during breakfast, but he was obviously quite used to being around people.<br />
Very happy to have the telephoto lens to capture a distant Say's Phoebe - one of my favourite birds, and one I rarely get to see. <br />
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Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-5453922683865223842015-09-15T09:27:00.001-07:002015-09-15T09:27:47.694-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 27 - Part XIX - TuacahnBefore supper, Holly drove me out to see the Tuacahn Center for the Arts.<br />
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Tuacahn is<b>, </b>a non-profit arts center located in the mouth of the Padre Canyon, adjacent to Snow Canyon State Park, in Ivins, Utah. The 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m<sup>2</sup>) facility was completed in 1995 and includes a 1,920-seat outdoor amphitheater, a 328-seat indoor theater, a black box theater, a dance studio, a costume shop, a scene shop, and Tuacahn High School,
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The setting is spectacular. A small waterfall behind the outdoor amphitheater affords the capability of flooding parts of the stage or pit for water scenes. Two hours before a show begins, a step-down waterfall in front of the theater entrance is turned on.<br />
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Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-19555961523986901132015-09-14T22:05:00.000-07:002015-09-14T22:05:56.341-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 27 - Part XVIII - St George - Brigham Young's Winter HomeNext door to Ancestor Square in St. George is Brigham Young's winter home.<br />
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The original portion of the home was begun in 1869 and completed in 1871 when Brigham Young purchased it. He added the front addition which was completed in 1873. It served as his winter home from that time until his death in 1877. -- Plaque in front of the house, installed by the St. George Historic Preservation Commission</blockquote>
Original house<br />
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Two story addition by Brigham Young. Cranberry red and jade green paint were the original colours. <br />
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Front garden<br />
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Vineyard and garden<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A large mulberry tree supplied the leaves for feeding silk worms, the cocoons
of which provided the thread for silk fabrics produced by pioneer women here in
St. George. Representative of the principal reason for the settlement of
Utah</span><span style="font-family: WP MultinationalA Roman;">*</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">s "Dixie", the garden still produces both cotton and
grapes.</span><br />
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Some interesting features of the interior of the home. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The woodwork throughout the house is pine taken from the Pine Valley mountains and was hand grained to look like hardwood. </span><br />
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Downstairs living room<br />
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Square grand piano (1872)<br />
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Pine bookcase, hand grained.<br />
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Portrait of Brigham Young over the fireplace. The fireplace is painted to resemble black marble. <br />
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Dining and kitchen -<br />
Soup bowls on this table hold hot water in the bottom to keep the soup hot. <br />
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Upstairs. Beautiful handmade quilts. The bed in this bedroom was stained with oxblood.<br />
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One of Brigham Young's 55 wives, Harriet Amelia Folsom Young, served as a hostess and nurse. This is a nurse's hat.<br />
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Since he couldn't move around much because of his arthritis, Brigham Young spent most of his time in this multi-purpose room on the second floor. The tall desk/bookcase was made of pine, finished to look like two kinds of maple. <br />
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This chest contained his things when he traveled - hence the numbered drawers. <br />
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Pine chair designed by and built for Brigham Young.<br />
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The fabric for this chair was woven from horse hair.<br />
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Quilts and a handwoven linsey wolsey coverlet. <br />
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Vents in the ceiling for air flow.<br />
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Ceiling light<br />
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Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-40265993794978012302015-09-13T23:21:00.000-07:002015-09-13T23:21:00.141-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 27 - Part XVII - St George - Ancestor SquareWe returned to the timeshare in St. George on Wednesday evening. On Thursday, Holly took me on a tour of part of the town.<br />
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In Ancestor Square, we had a fantastic lunch at the renowned The Painted Pony Restaurant. (Once again for my gastronome friends: We shared phyllo baked brie with roasted garlic and blueberry compote, coconut shrimp with mango chili sauce and cucumber noodles, and gorgonzola salad with torn lettuces, grapes, walnuts, bacon, pickled onions and croutons) <br />
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We then strolled through the square, looking at some of the earliest buildings erected in St. George.<br />
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These included the Jail House, built from black lava rock hauled from the foothills about 1880 by Sheriff Hardy. It retains the original window bars. The Jail House is reputed to have housed Butch Cassidy on several occasions. <br />
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The Sandstone Building, was built from leftover rock from the original tabernacle in the 1860's. <br />
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Modern architecture, including design studios, art galleries, and restaurants, has been designed to blend in with the older buildings in Ancestor Square. <br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-34636793794535784672015-09-12T12:37:00.000-07:002015-09-12T12:37:47.275-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 26 - Part XVI - Route 9 through Zion National ParkIt was time to head back to St. George. Despite warnings on the National Parks web site, there were no indications of road construction, so Holly decided to take the direct way back on Route 9 through Springdale. I didn't realize that we would be driving through the lower end of Zion National Park until we came to the entrance. We showed our lifetime Senior Passes and went right in. It was spectacular!<br />
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Continuing on ... more spectacular scenery.<br />
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We went through some long tunnels carved into the towering canyon walls.<br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-43099648802317530822015-09-11T14:00:00.000-07:002015-09-11T14:07:08.060-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 26 - Part XV - Kanab, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Mt. CarmelWe had a reservation for a tour at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary for Wednesday morning, so decided to spend the night in Kanab at Aiken's Lodge, a mid-century style motel recommended by Best Friends. It poured with rain that night.<br />
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On Wednesday morning, it was still pouring with rain when we set off for our first tour at the <a href="http://bestfriends.org/" target="_blank">Best Friends Animal Sanctuary</a>. </div>
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We enjoyed our 45-minute morning Wild Friends tour with a most delightful guide. (She talked non-stop. We were told that she arrives at 3 a.m. to feed the wild animals and that the 10:15 a.m. tour is her last duty of the day. Before she starts the tour, she is reputed to drink two Red Bulls!) </div>
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Best Friends was not initially approved for wildlife. However, so many people brought wild animals to the sanctuary that they applied for state and federal licenses, hired licensed rehabilitators, and built a rehabilitation center. Among the animals we saw were a seagull, a snow goose, a European goose, three beautiful, playful sleek minks (one brown, one jet black, one pure white), a barn owl, a peacock, roosters, crows, a red-tailed hawk, and two ravens (Edgar and Nevermore). </div>
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We were directed to Angel Village for lunch. For $5 we were treated to a delicious buffet and salad bar. Since it was still pouring, we didn't see much of the beautiful canyon overlook from the dining room terrace.<br />
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We headed back on the highway to the sanctuary's main entrance for the general tour by van.<br />
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The road up Angel Canyon had become muddy and impassable during the
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On our way out we saw horse corrals and views of Angel Canyon.<br />
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Before heading back to St. George, we took a detour to Mt. Carmel. We visited the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts, a lovely gallery devoted to the works of Maynard Dixon and artists who paint in the areas where he painted. The owners are also caretakers of the nearby Maynard Dixon residence.<br />
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Kodachrome Basin was named during the late 1940s by a National Geographic Society Expedition in honor of the then revolutionary Kodak film that was celebrated for its color accuracy. The park [contains] unusual geological forms, including a series of upright cylindrical chimneys called sand pipes. More than 60 sand pipes ranging in height from 6 to 170 feet have been identified in the park. <a href="http://www.scenicbyway12.com/wp-content/themes/sb12/library/media/images/route_guide.pdf" target="_blank">A Route Guide to Scenic Byway 12</a></blockquote>
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Geologists believe Kodachrome Basin once resembled areas of Yellowstone
National Park, and that the sand pipes are remnants of ancient geysers
and hot springs which filled with sediment and then solidified. Over
time, the encompassing Entrada sandstone, formed during the Jurassic
era, eroded away to leave behind the unique, multi-hued rock formations
standing today. <a href="http://www.visitsouthernutah.com/Kodachrome-Basin" target="_blank">Kanab Magically Unspoiled - Kodachrome Basin</a> </blockquote>
We drove through the park on the paved road section, stopping from time to time to take photos.<br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-46728872418870665062015-09-11T08:30:00.000-07:002015-09-11T14:03:51.452-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 25 - Part XIII - Back on Route 12Back on Scenic Byway 12, we headed for Kanab, where we had decided to spend the night. On the way, I took photos as we drove.<br />
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Boynton Overlook gives visitors a bird's-eye view of the riparian area along the twisting Escalante River. Flowing water and native vegetation offer ideal habitat for small birds and animals, including river otters which were reintroduced here in 2005. The overlook was names for John Boynton, a cattleman caught in a lawless confrontation involving a disagreement over livestock and a murder in 1878. <a href="http://www.scenicbyway12.com/wp-content/themes/sb12/library/media/images/route_guide.pdf" target="_blank">A Route Guide to Scenic Highway 12</a></blockquote>
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Between Escalante and Henrieville, the scenery changed dramatically. We pulled out at The Blues/Powell Point Overlook.<br />
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The Blues Overlook sits across from the delicate pink limestone ledges of Powell Point, which rises to an elevation of 10,188 feet, and above "The Blues," a badland of gray-green shales deposited some 80 million years ago when the area was covered by an inland ocean. Powell Point was named after John Wesley Powell, who led expeditions in the late 1800s to map this region which at that time was one of the last "blank spots on the map" of the continental U.S. Hidden within the slopes of "The Blues" is one of the best and most continuous records of Late Cretaceous life on the planet. <a href="http://www.scenicbyway12.com/wp-content/themes/sb12/library/media/images/route_guide.pdf" target="_blank">A Route Guide to Scenic Byway 1</a></blockquote>
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-16087492144740478512015-09-10T09:45:00.000-07:002015-09-11T14:03:19.428-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 25 - Part XII - Singing Canyon off the Burr TrailOur server at breakfast time at the Hell's Backbone Grill suggested we stop at a slot canyon (called Singing Canyon by the local people) about 11 miles in. On our return up the Burr Trail, Holly did the math and we spotted a cut in the cliff and a turnout on the road just where she calculated it would be. Easily accessible from the road, this gem of a canyon is only about 100 feet deep. At the far end is a small perennial pool of water. We ran into three men as we turned around to leave, one of whom insisted
on taking the photo of me in the canyon. He lives in the area and told
us that this canyon is technically a narrows (flat bottom, unlike the 'V'
bottom of a true slot canyon). As we walked out, one of the men started to play a wooden flute. It echoed wonderfully off the canyon walls. <br />
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Saw this lovely plant as we came out. Indian Paintbrush?<br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-64678947974668767932015-09-10T09:28:00.000-07:002015-09-11T14:02:50.775-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 25 - Part XI - West End of the Burr TrailThe weather was beautiful when we headed west. Just past Boulder Mountain Lodge there was a turn off onto the Burr Trail Scenic Backway. We had been encouraged by our friend, photographer <a href="http://www.stephenstrom.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Strom</a>, and my FB/blog friend Bev Wigney to drive along the trail. We drove until the paved part ended, about 30 miles. We walked a little way beyond that along the gravel road to get a less obstructed view across to Capital Reef National Park. <br />
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The Burr Trail was originally developed by a rancher named John Atlantic Burr to move his cattle between summer and winter grazing grounds.The west end, starting in Boulder, Utah, (elevation 6675 feet) wanders through the
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
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Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-50067686719255207792015-09-09T09:59:00.001-07:002015-09-11T14:02:17.928-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 25 - Part X - Leaving BoulderBoulder, Utah, elevation 6700 feet, has a population of 200. The town did not get electric power until 1947.The first year-round road was built in 1939.<br />
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Boulder Town was long known as the "last frontier in Utah," ... the settlement was so isolated that, until 1935, mail was delivered by horseback rider and fresh milk was delivered by mules to the nearby town of Escalante. That milk often turned into butter on the rough routes over slickrock. First settled in 1894, the town was named for the volcanic boulders scattered across the slopes of nearby Boulder Mountain. -- <a href="http://www.scenicbyway12.com/wp-content/themes/sb12/library/media/images/route_guide.pdf" target="_blank">A Route Guide to Scenic Byway 12</a></blockquote>
Holly decided to get gas before we embarked on our return trip along Scenic Byway 12. We were told there were two gas stations in the vicinity, one just east in Boulder and one in Escalante, about 28 miles west. We decided to go to Boulder. Heading northeast on Rte 12, we passed a farm and a country store with a slightly tipped gas pump. Further out, we found ourselves in open country, and realized that the store we had passed had THE gas pump. <br />
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While Holly went inside the store, I walked across the street to photograph a barn, a beautifully made fence and an irrigation ditch. <br />
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Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-31759960225827441132015-09-09T09:34:00.000-07:002015-09-11T14:01:39.061-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 24 and 25 - Part IX - HELL'S BACKBONE GRILL!!FINALLY HELL'S BACKBONE GRILL!!<br />
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We were very pleased to meet Blake Spalding, daughter of my Tucson friend Dolly Spalding, and co-owner and chef of HBG. She is a lovely person. Read about Blake, Jennifer, the restaurant and the community in Blake and Jennifer's first book, <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Measure-Grace-Story-Recipes-Restaurant/dp/0971936420/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441759938&sr=1-1&keywords=with+a+measure+of+grace" target="_blank">With a Measure of Grace</a>, and try out some of their recipes. (A second book, <a href="http://hellsbackbonegrill.com/shop/#!/Pre-Order-our-NEW-Cookbook-This-Immeasurable-Place/p/22613229/category=2064090" target="_blank">This Immeasurable Place</a>, <a href="http://hellsbackbonegrill.com/shop/#!/Pre-Order-our-NEW-Cookbook-This-Immeasurable-Place/p/22613229/category=2064090" target="_blank">is available for pre-order</a>.)<br />
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For my gastronome friends:<br />
My dinner - Fresh trout with blue corn meal crust over a wonderful grain pilaf and a fabulous selection of fresh vegetables cooked better than I've ever had before (wish I knew how they were cooked); an excellent Merlot; a fresh peach cobbler with Navajo cornmeal topping (shared with Holly) ; and coffee. Holly's entree was the highly recommended Dinner Jenchiladas (farmy pumpkin-pinon baked in a spicy sweet corn habanero cream sauce, organic vegetables and pueblo rice pilaf), which she said were absolutely delicious. (Note to Blake and Jen: we hope the recipe will be in your next book.)<br />
Breakfast - Mine: The Backbone Breakfast - local farm poached eggs with smashed sage potato pancakes, molasses toast, cinnamon butter and homemade crabapple jam, with a side of elk sausage (best sausage I've ever had). Holly's: bushel of blue corn pancakes served with pure organic maple syrup and cinnamon butter, also with a side of elk sausage. Coffee for both of us served in Hell's Backbone handthrown pottery mugs.<br />
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Below is my Hell's Backbone Grill mug - a lovely gift from Holly.<br />
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We became enamored of the HBG mascot, Jezebel (who, I found out recently, has a Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unofficial-Jezebel/892634137479351?fref=ts" target="_blank">Unofficial: Jezebel</a><br />
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We had originally hoped to return to HBG for lunch on Tuesday after exploring the Burr Trail (I had my selections all planned, including a jenchilada and the chocolate chile cream pot), but time wouldn't allow it. Needless to say, we thought our visit was a great success and well worth the long trip. <br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-22184883100441789292015-09-09T09:07:00.002-07:002015-09-11T13:59:33.511-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 24 - Part VIII - Boulder Mountain LodgeThe road into Boulder proved to be as beautiful as other scenery we'd driven through all day.<br />
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We found the signs for the Boulder Mountain Lodge and Hell's Backbone Grill just past the turnoff for the Burr Trail. We checked in at the reception building of the lodge and were warmly welcomed. <br />
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The lodge consists of a cluster of rustic buildings situated on well-kept grounds. It was quite lovely and very quiet and peaceful. <br />
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Our building was one of the smaller ones. <br />
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We had a well-appointed spacious room upstairs with a deck <br />
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overlooking the 11-acre bird sanctuary.<br />
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Apparently this wasn't the best time of year for bird-watching. I spotted only coots<br />
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But this was somewhat compensated for by the resident cats.<br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-39412681697453725192015-09-07T20:00:00.001-07:002015-09-11T13:54:32.663-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 24 - Part VII - More of Scenic Byway 12We continued on Scenic Byway 12, marveling at the rock formations and canyons, until we got to Boulder. We arrived with 15 minutes to spare before our 7 pm dinner reservation at Hell's Backbone Grill.<br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-54933681635034242662015-09-07T20:00:00.000-07:002015-09-11T13:53:21.553-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 24 - Part VI - Head of the Rocks OverlookOne overlook we decided we couldn't miss on the way out was the Head of the Rocks Overlook. <br />
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From <a href="http://www.scenicbyway12.com/wp-content/themes/sb12/library/media/images/route_guide.pdf" target="_blank">A Route Guide to Scenic Byway 12</a><br />
<i><b>Head of the Rocks Overlook</b> provides expansive views out across the Escalante Canyons where colorful slickrock stretches almost as far as the eye can see. Some 168 million years ago, these striated cream-and-red sandstone formations were sand dunes. In the distance one can see the southeastern edge of the Aquarius Plateau (i.e. Boulder Mountain) to the north, the Henry Mountains ... to the east, and Navajo Mountain and the eastern edge of the Kaiparowits Plateau to the south and west.</i><br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-15586386061728608672015-09-07T19:00:00.000-07:002015-09-11T13:52:45.588-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - Part V - A Bird and a Butterfly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There were sunflowers growing along the side of the road near Escalante. We had stopped to take a photo and I spotted a Monarch Butterfly and a small grey and yellow bird (which I think was a female Lesser Goldfinch). Both were far away, but I managed to get a couple of shots.<br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-51301937103352890592015-09-07T18:30:00.000-07:002015-09-11T13:52:09.020-07:00The Great southern Utah Road Trip - August 24 - Part IV - Utah Scenic Byway 12We reluctantly left beautiful Bryce Canyon and headed east for Boulder on Scenic Byway 12, Utah's "All-American Road."<br />
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According to <i><a href="http://www.scenicbyway12.com/wp-content/themes/sb12/library/media/images/route_guide.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Route Guide to Scenic Byway 12</a></i><br />
<i>Scenic Byway 12 spans a route of 124 miles, and travels through some
of the most diverse, remote and ruggedly beautiful landscapes in the
country. It runs through Utah’s Garfield and Wayne Counties and is home
to two national parks, three state parks, a national recreation area, a
national monument, and a national forest.Along the way you will discover
that Scenic Byway12 takes you through memorable landscapes, ranging
from the remains of ancient sea beds to one of the world’s highest
alpine forests, and from astonishing pink and russet stone turrets to
open sagebrush flats.</i><br />
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Although we were aware of our
deadline, we did stop in a few places to take photos. I also took
photos through the car windows as Holly drove. <i> </i>We knew we could stop at the overlooks on the way back. <br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-8133586431410681202015-09-07T18:00:00.000-07:002015-09-11T13:51:24.239-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 24 - Part III - Bryce Canyon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-escr2Hme2X_BQjjtCeOjWR8466chV9TWEw1wn4FQWgQndRnM1TnPSUNKhs9RRwuEzATCvzDIaq9HV2h6BCcrgMf-vonclbk7B6MpHqlWenWXmKmiEZNezpwR9dLJXbafl_pFFA/s1600/Bryce+Canyon-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>We turned off Highway 89 onto Route 12. First stop - Bryce Canyon!
This was my third visit, but Holly had never seen it and I was excited
to introduce it to her. It was sprinkling when we got there. That
changed to a downpour, but luckily no lightning, so we were safe to go
to the overlooks. Because we had a deadline, we confined our visit to
the northern section.<br />
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<i>Bryce Canyon National Park is
located in southwestern Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce
Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters
along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive
due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m). </i><br />
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Just six of the many, many photos I took of this beautiful park.<i> </i><br />
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Spotted two birds sheltering from the rain in the pines: a
White-breasted Nuthatch and a Stellar's Jay. These are two birds I don't
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-77267496772026026732015-09-07T17:30:00.000-07:002015-09-11T13:50:26.548-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 24 - Part II - Rte 14We headed out on Monday morning, aiming for our dinner date in Boulder. We chose to drive up I-15 to Rte 14 and cut across the Dixie National Forest to Rte 89.<br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-67968441424222231932015-09-07T17:00:00.000-07:002015-09-11T13:49:47.006-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - August 23 - Part I - Snow CanyonWe drove out around noon from Las Vegas northeast on the I-15 to St. George. After settling in at the time-share, Holly wanted to show me some of the beautiful country near St. George, so we drove out to Snow Canyon.<br />
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<i>Snow Canyon State Park is comprised of volcanic cones, sand dunes, deep
red sandstone cliffs, and twisted layers of rock. The scenery is so
spectacular it has been the backdrop for Hollywood movies including The
Electric Horseman and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! </i><br />
<i>Transported by wind more than 183 million years ago, tiny grains of
quartzite sand covered much of what we now call Utah. These sand dunes,
up to 2,500 feet thick, eventually were cemented into stone. Burnt
orange to creamy white in color, Navajo sandstone, the predominant rock
in the park, is what remains of the ancient desert sand sea. Over time,
water has cut and shaped the sandstone to form canyons. Approximately
1.4 million years ago, and as recently as 27,000 years ago, nearby
cinder cones erupted, causing lava to flow down these canyons, filling
them with basalt. This redirected ancient waterways, eventually carving
new canyons. </i><br />
<i> </i>(http://www.visitstgeorge.com/snow-canyon-state-park/)<br />
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<br />Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0Saint George, UT, USA37.0965278 -113.5684163999999936.893907799999994 -113.89113989999998 37.2991478 -113.2456929tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-5025369354162391132015-09-07T10:51:00.001-07:002015-09-11T13:48:29.644-07:00The Great Southern Utah Road Trip - PrefaceA couple of years ago, I received a lovely gift from my friend, Holly Chaffee. She had bought a cookbook, <i>With a Measure of Grace: The Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant</i>, and thought I would enjoy it.<br />
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<i>"With a Measure of Grace recounts with sensitivity and wit the tale of a
women-owned, Buddhist- based restaurant becoming a community anchor in a
small Mormon town. Within the book's 176 beautiful, color-photographed
pages, former backcountry caterers and professional river chefs Blake
Spalding and Jen Castle share their struggles and successes as the
co-owners of Hell's Backbone Grill. Spalding and Castle began with the
goal to meld their ideas of place-based, seasonally appropriate cuisine,
right livelihood, environmental ethics and social and community
responsibility into a restaurant they would operate with compassion,
generosity, loving kindness and grace. They were unaware at the time
that given the unusual circumstances of their venture, this plan would
be the restaurant's only chance of survival. Located in the heart of the
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Boulder, Utah, was the
last town in the nation to receive year-round mail by automobile. Today
it has no stoplight, cell phone service, ATM, grocery store or medical
facilities. But it has Zagat-rated Hell's Backbone Grill, which despite
all odds, has won the acclaim of national and international media.
Sixty five favorite recipes accompany charming anecdotes, old-fashioned
rural wisdom and introductions to captivating local characters, making
With a Measure of Grace a warm and earthy, unforgettable read."</i> (from the amazon.com web site)<br />
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Not only was I delighted with the book for its wonderful stories and recipes, I was even more delighted to find that a new friend of mine, Dolly Spalding, is the (justifiably very proud) mother of Blake Spalding, one of the authors and a co-owner of the Hell's Backbone Grill. Holly and I agreed that one day we would visit Boulder, Utah and have dinner at the grill.<br />
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Early this year, my son David encouraged me to take a vacation. I emailed Holly to suggest that we drive out from Las Vegas, where she lives, to have dinner at Hell's Backbone Grill (HBG). After all, it's only 332 miles away - surely not too far to drive for a well-reviewed restaurant. Later, I read some more excellent reviews of HBG and Holly declared that we should eat more than one meal there. We made a dinner reservation for 7 pm on August 24 and a room reservation at the Boulder Mountain Lodge for that night. HBG is on the grounds of the lodge.<br />
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We made plans to hit the road in late August, 2015. Holly and her husband, Art Wolf, have a time-share in St. George, Utah, about a 2-hour drive from Las Vegas. This would be home base. On August 23, I flew from Tucson, Arizona, to Las Vegas. That afternoon, Holly and I packed Art's red Subaru Forester (thank you, Art!) and headed northeast.<br />
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And thus THE GREAT SOUTHERN UTAH ROAD TRIP began. Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-58098644688705524872008-09-30T22:19:00.005-07:002008-10-02T16:41:21.568-07:00Cooper's Hawk in our PatioThe Cooper's Hawk visited again. Here it is on the posts that supported our old diving board:<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOe62_1hZU6bx_-pTwuxUlhcVmWqurglUvkRciWnS-u5j2p25vzbYzJvbKjGDa9kMnvgk2JzBEJa4EbaFQEpgSClEJ-YmO-QYabwhZFjD-EEqZrEqVX5a_ye3qmkFRzawX2XHrmw/s1600-h/IMG_1063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOe62_1hZU6bx_-pTwuxUlhcVmWqurglUvkRciWnS-u5j2p25vzbYzJvbKjGDa9kMnvgk2JzBEJa4EbaFQEpgSClEJ-YmO-QYabwhZFjD-EEqZrEqVX5a_ye3qmkFRzawX2XHrmw/s400/IMG_1063.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252052156100962194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZmMLIoDOa8K2e2Q-bDnWC7_uUqWFE20gKruxEnwiXCOLeS0PAhasZ2qcQveSIaXPOULahQFjMA0-AU-0CYc6NnOv115wreYym_SBwVWQEp44i7Ys2Hd_DsnrLeWGqaNorqoxoA/s1600-h/IMG_1064.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZmMLIoDOa8K2e2Q-bDnWC7_uUqWFE20gKruxEnwiXCOLeS0PAhasZ2qcQveSIaXPOULahQFjMA0-AU-0CYc6NnOv115wreYym_SBwVWQEp44i7Ys2Hd_DsnrLeWGqaNorqoxoA/s400/IMG_1064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252052866022102274" /></a><br /></div>Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-20778305960620159342008-09-30T22:04:00.003-07:002008-09-30T22:08:39.717-07:00Pipevine Swallowtail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBMA-LWmifk6HgSm_bkf8H7U-FQFTW8ZlU-f7fbfYPGvJ8-ms-nY70ERwXeg9Zr6RCme8ZmWKza_gxz5Ylgv1nHHzB-D-i8oVrhG1COr35aR7iWBJan6t3pjZePWv8LoVNsJCPA/s1600-h/IMG_1080.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBMA-LWmifk6HgSm_bkf8H7U-FQFTW8ZlU-f7fbfYPGvJ8-ms-nY70ERwXeg9Zr6RCme8ZmWKza_gxz5Ylgv1nHHzB-D-i8oVrhG1COr35aR7iWBJan6t3pjZePWv8LoVNsJCPA/s400/IMG_1080.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252047091693648994" /></a>I haven't done any photography since spring. But when I went outside a couple of days ago, this Swallowtail was feeding from our Mexican Bird of Paradise. I ran inside and grabbed my camera. Got this "point and shoot" - no time to focus - just before it flew away. Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16027033.post-83549511644578222372008-06-12T07:41:00.003-07:002008-06-12T07:47:46.499-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AYf0sizTzrIB_4X3Y7mLCpVTGI7EACBhAc8RFHEKJ8AQ_1S46RaXcAvYxga6fWO5BgkoDbo0NJKBw4tUExpa1cHYe66ytaBvnvAGN_rDG-UdgPVjFEBfTwfAg0LoBuEfYQ/s1600-h/Sea+Rocket+flower.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AYf0sizTzrIB_4X3Y7mLCpVTGI7EACBhAc8RFHEKJ8AQ_1S46RaXcAvYxga6fWO5BgkoDbo0NJKBw4tUExpa1cHYe66ytaBvnvAGN_rDG-UdgPVjFEBfTwfAg0LoBuEfYQ/s320/Sea+Rocket+flower.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210275208217022914" /></a>This is a post I wrote for the <a href="http://whorledleaves.blogspot.com/">Whorled Leaves</a> blog.<div><br /></div><div>I was fascinated by an article, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/science/10plant.html?ex=1213761600&en=2f22ed678d6c3b19&ei=5070&emc=eta1">Loyal to Its Roots</a>, published on June 10 in the online version of the New York Times, concerning the social life of plants. It begins:<br /><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">From its diminutive lavender flowers to its straggly windblown stalks, there is nothing about the beach weed known as the Great Lakes sea rocket [shown in photo at left] to suggest that it might be any sort of a botanical wonder. Yet scientists have found evidence that the sea rocket is able to do something that no other plant has ever been shown to do. The sea rocket, researchers report, can distinguish between plants that are related to it and those that are not. And not only does this plant recognize its kin, but it also gives them preferential treatment. If the sea rocket detects unrelated plants growing in the ground with it, the plant aggressively sprouts nutrient-grabbing roots. But if it detects family, it politely restrains itself. The finding is a surprise, even a bit of a shock, in part because most animals have not even been shown to have the ability to recognize relatives, despite the huge advantages in doing so. If an individual can identify kin, it can help them, an evolutionarily sensible act because relatives share some genes. The same discriminating organism could likewise ramp up nasty behavior against unrelated individuals with which it is most sensible to be in claws- or perhaps thorns-bared competition.</span></blockquote>The research was carried out by Susan A. Dudley, an evolutionary plant ecologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and a graduate student, Amanda L. File. Dr. Dudley said: "I'm just amazed at what we've found. ... Plants have a secret social life." Since publishing this research last August, Dr. Dudley has since found evidence of three other species that can also recognize their relatives. <div><br />The article continues by relating how some plants can sense potentially competing neighboring plants through subtle changes of light or by the chemicals released into soil and air, and how they take advantage of this. </div><div><br />The article ends by talking about the ongoing debate among plant scientists of "which of the abilities and attributes that scientists have long considered the real of just animals, like sensing, learning and memory, can sensibly be transferred to plants?" and discusses the controversy surrounding a new group, the <a href="http://www.plantneurobiology.org/">Society of Plant Neurobiology</a>.<br />--------------------------------------------<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The online article includes a video of a seedling of the parasitic weed, dodder (Cuscuta pentagona), seeking out its victim (a tomato plant). </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The photo of the Sea Rocket flower is taken from the New York Times article. For more photos and information about the Great Lakes Sea Rocket, see </span><a href="http://www.ontariowildflower.com/manitoulin_limestone_beach.htm#sea_rocket"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Andy's Northern Ontario Wildflowers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">. </span><br /></div></div></div>Pam in Tucsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.com2