Happy Thanksgiving !

Hello Everyone,

On Wednesday, Nov. 27th we drove 30 miles North to Hurricane, Utah, to the Quail Creek Reservoir and Quail Creek State Park. There we found several hiking trails, but a very nice park ranger told us the best ones were outside of the state park.

It was starting to get cloudy and the prediction was that showers were supposed to start n the afternoon so we quickly started on a trail that skirted part of the cliffs along the south side of the reservoir.

This is a photograph of the huge cement dam at the end of the reservoir is a newer version of the earthen dam that was replaced when it failed in 1989 causing a wall of water 40ft high to flood a large portion of the area below it including many private homes and businesses. People here were only given minutes to evacuate before the wall of water descended upon them.

As predicted the rain started to fall, right about the time of sunset that day and continued all night.

The next morning, Thursday, Nov. 28th, Thanksgiving Day we awoke to steady rainfall and a surprise. There was a Thanksgiving Day 10K run being conducted right across the street from our hotel. Hundreds of hardy participants were braving the cold rain to enjoy an annual event sponsored by the city of St. George, Utah.

We spent most of the day in the hotel watching a Harry Potter Movie marathon and sneaking out for a quick walk on the Virgin River Walkway between rain storms off and on during the entire day and night. It was very wet with many puddles to avoid even on the paved walkway that is well maintained by the city along the Virgin River that runs through the center of the valley and the city that surrounds it.

 Tomorrow, if the rain stops, we are hoping to do some more exploring around the area😊.