The morning was spent handling personal business...like paying taxes and insurance on my car! Thanks Roger for telling me I only had three days left on my tag! What would we do without you!!! We owe you big after this trip!!!
After lunch we headed to the laundromat! Always exciting...not! Sometimes it is more fun than others, but today was not one of those days! It started raining during lunch and was the first downpour we have been in since we left home! Of course, the rain doesn't last long like it does at home...after about 30 minutes the sun came out again!
Kanab's motto is "The Greatest Earth on Show" and we have found that this is more than just a play on words...it's true! Kanab just may have a monopoly on having the most diverse, quality outdoor recreation nearby. So much that we will have to save some for our next trip! Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, where The Greatest Story Ever Told was filmed, was our adventure for today. The state park was selected for the movie because a Hollywood Production Company thought the coral pink sand dunes resembled Egypt. When you see our pictures I think you will agree!
The park gets its name from the coral-colored sand which has eroded from exposed Navajo sandstone. Pink sand formed into a dune system as a result of wind deposits rising from the hot lower elevations. The pink sand contrasted against the steep red cliffs and outcroppings is magnificent! It was a good choice for our adventure today because the park is only a few miles from Kanab.
On a whim, as we were driving back to Kanab, we decided to head to Fredonia, Arizona to see the Clam Shell, reputed to be Fredonia's Treasure, and the site of "dried up beds filled with petrified wood of every size". The Clam Shell is a clam shaped rock formation (surprise!) where Native Anasazi inhabitants escaped inclement weather and enemy trespassers. The overhang is supposed to be filled with petroglyphs depicting life of the Anasazi. Since it is only about 10 miles from our campground and it was just before sunset, we thought it would be a nice end to our Kanab adventure.
The directions seemed easy enough...turn at Joy Jordan Woodhill Trail Road, drive a few miles around the "beautiful red landscape of the Arizona Strip where you will come to a concrete picnic table, keep going until you reach the second picnic table and you have arrived"! Well, we did this...no Clam Shell and no petrified wood! By chance, we decided to drive up the road a little further and, lo and behold, at the third picnic table we found the Clam Shell...but no petrified wood! By now it was too late to hike up to the Clam Shell to see the petroglyphs or to look further for petrified wood, but we did experience a beautiful sunset on the drive home!
Another thunderstorm about 30 minutes after we got home. Because they are such a brief everyday occurrence here even Katie doesn't get nervous anymore! And they do cool things down...an added bonus!
We leave tomorrow for the Kaibab, Arizona and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Hopefully we will have internet service there, but if you do not see any posts from us, you will know why. We will be there for 3 nights (until September 2) and then move on to Williams, Arizona and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, where we should have internet service.
Click on the two links below to see our pictures from today.
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