We started our trip in Arizona watching Pam and Rob's children. I had lots of fun playing with them, or rather, doing things with them that make us both happy. Like hiking up "A" Mountain (not "a mountain" - "A" Mountain. It's like how in Rexburg you don't hike "our mountain" but "R" Mountain). Here Grant and Lucy and I head up and then and down the hill. They were great. In fact, it was very much like taking Chris and Pam up and down various mountains. They were good times.
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As we headed north, we drove through Zion National Park. I don't know that I had ever been there before. It was beautiful, and there were lots of fun things to see - thought we didn't have much time to stop and see the sights. Next time. Here are a couple of the more outstanding views.
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Pictured below is part of a plaque in Kanab that was interesting. The plaque showed the City Council for the 1912-1914 term. They were all women. (The woman pictured below is a McAllister, so she's some kind of relative.) What was the reason for an all woman city council in those years? I dunno - I guess they were just better than the men in that election.
One of the other high points was a visit to the old Hurricane Canal. Melody is standing by a pile of bricks with the names of people who contributed to the canal marker. On the other side is the old canal itself. The story goes that Alf Hall (my great grandfather) and his sons had quite a bit to do with building the canal. They certainly worked on it, but what part exactly did they play? Well, they were hard workers, no doubt about it - and they earned enough shares to purchase much of the best farm land in and around Hurricane. Maybe they were more than that, maybe not.
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