Ramada Limited - Cedar City

... the town itself is not the major attraction, but the area surrounding it is). <br>Cedar City didn't list much in the way of campgrounds so I stayed in Kanarraville, a little spit of a town. But, the campground had a shower, and I was in grave need, and a laundromat...Roxi's hairy and her blankies needed washing. It was also suppose to storm...I wanted to be plugged in. Shortly after arriving, Steve greeted me...my neighbor ...

... array of fantastic shapes we know as hoodoos. Surrounded by the beauty of southernUtah, hoodoos cast their spell on all who visit.<br>Geologist say that 10 million years ago forces within the earth created and then moved the massive blocks we know as the Table Clirrs and Paunsaugunt plateus. Rock lyaers on the Table Cliffs now towe 2,000 feet above their corresponding layer on the Pausaugunt. Anciet rivers carved the tops and exposed the edges of these blocks ...

... Orlando, Florida, where I had a two hour layover, before finally getting me into Fort Lauderdale at around 10:15pm. So, that was another fun packed and memorable weekend getaway. I reconnected with a long lost friend, visited a new destination, went snowmobiling, had a great dinner and watched an "outstanding" show. "Wow" - lucky me !!! Where and when will I be off to next?

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... straight out if I would like to hike two miles up a mountain to see a pool of water, my answer would most certainly have been "No thanks", BUT, I had no idea it was going to be such an undertaking, nor did I know how disappointingly small and uninspiring these 'pools' would be. So, this being a family outing and me being in the 'go with the flow' mode, I just foolishly 'went along'. Oh my goodness. I'll be the first to admit to being overweight and overfed and ...

... to stay three nights in Cedar City, that we would back-track to Zion tomorrow and give it our full attention. And what a lucky decision that was. Otherwise we might have missed a great thing here in Cedar City. As we came into town, we had to detour around the downtown area to get to our hotel because there was a great festival going on. There was a car show/ rennaisance festival/ carnival going on. This looked like fun and just what the boys ...

... We got back from the canyon early enough to log some more good pool time. Abbi met some boys and they played a game sort of like they play at home called categories. She was such a fast swimmer that they boys finally stopped trying to catch her and decided that she must be a professional swimmer and changed the game to MarcoPolo. It is so bright here and this part of Utah has the cleanest air quality in the nation, that it's very ...

... up at the surroundings. Now we were looking down over the valley and out over the mountains. We had an eagle's eye view over the best section of Yosemite. We could see the waterfalls, the giant trees and the snow capped mountains. As we had arrived just prior to sunset there were lots of people here, many armed with expensive cameras and giant tripods. I guess it was a photographer's paradise where we were. We sat and watched the sun set over the mountains ...

... kilometres as is lined by famous hotels and neon lights. As we arrived mid afternoon it didn't really look like I had imagined it, for Vegas is a different beast during the night. We were staying at the Aladdin Hotel; right in the middle of the strip next door to Paris and across the street from the five star Bellagio. Aladdin Hotel is where Elvis was married spawning a whole wedding industry in Vegas. In fact every day 300 people have a quickie wedding on ...

... opened up and admitted to falling three times, but the scenery was too good to pass up they said. She came back to the truck without a scratch and took a picture of me snoozing. Ha ha on me. We left the park and on the way home we stopped at a pizza parlor for dinner. Pizza was the second item on my birthday wish list. It was an all you can eat pizza buffet and the sight of it made our mouths and stomachs happy. When we got home we cleaned up and got ready to go out and search ...