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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Returning to Hurrricane, Utah By Way of Arizona

 Eric and I left Zion National Park to "take the long way home." 




Bison grazing








We reminisce about seeing
Buffalo living beside the










We stopped at White Mountain










Eric chats with a local.











The Thunderbird Restaurant
in Orderville is the home 
of HO-MADE PIES.







The dirt is pinkish.





It's pink & coral.




Eric points to the sign ahead...












I was focused on the discarded
tires & almost missed the
Arizona State Line sign






The landscape continues
to change.





Entering 







Eric tells me about a controversial Mormon Leader with ties to this City and Texas.  I've got bars on my phone so I plug search terms into Google.  The results are - Warren Jeff, a leader of a group of Fundamentalist Mormons owned Colorado City and Hildale City in Utah.  

Jeffs is currently in prison for sexually abusing minor children.





Welcome to Utah

Colorado City is
barely in Arizona.






This is a very remote area.






A picture of the dam at





Visitors enjoy water sports
& fishing at
Quail Creek State Park.






KOA Journey Resort and our campsite are just up the road.  This was a ride filled with discoveries - Bison and two State Parks; beautiful scenery; and Fundamentalist Mormon history.

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